Status of Elementary Education in the State of Sikkim, India

Nar Maya Subba; Yodida Bhutia

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Status of Elementary Education in the State of Sikkim, India

Nar Maya Subba, Yodida Bhutia

Published in International Journal of Elementary Education (Volume 5, Issue 2)

Received: 17 May 2016 Accepted: 1 June 2016 Published: 15 July 2016

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The elementary education is the most essential foundation in the educational life of an individual. Without going through the Elementary level of education, individuals cannot proceed to the secondary and higher levels of education. The system of education is categorised into different level such as pre primary, primary, junior high school (Upper primary), secondary and senior secondary. It covers the primary education which consist of students of 6-11 years and upper primary level which consist of students of 11-14 years. The aim of this level of education is to make every learner of 6 - 14 year old to acquire foundation skills such as the ability to read and write with fluency, numeracy, comprehension, analysis, reasoning and social skills such as teamwork. Thus the present paper highlights the status of Elementary Education in the State of Sikkim, India in the following aspect like number of government schools, number of teachers, number of students, administrative, infrastructural facilities and problems.

Published in	International Journal of Elementary Education (Volume 5, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijeedu.20160502.11
Page(s)	17-27
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Elementary Education, Sikkim, India

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Nar Maya Subba

Department of Education, North Eastern Hill University, Meghalaya, Shillong, India
Yodida Bhutia

Department of Education, North Eastern Hill University, Meghalaya, Shillong, India

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