Primary Education

As a universal problem, one of the obvious signs of the general lack of understanding of the importance of primary schools is the misunderstanding of the role of teachers in them. The dominating difficulty in the purpose of primary schools is the fact that ‘knowing’ is rated more highly than ‘teaching’, despite the importance of the latter and its equally intimate connection with ‘learning’. The distinct role of primary school, often seen in terms of conveying essential skills – reading and writing and arithmetic – as well as the ability to mix in the society of others. Thus, keeping in view the importance of primary education, the present book is designed to bring together relevant authentic information. The whole information is contained in five well organised chapters. This will prove a vade mecum to all the concerned.