Vol: 9, Issue: 1 2019

Page: 13-22

Inequality in Educational Opportunities

Dr. Radhika Kapur

Received Date: 2018-12-12

Accepted Date: 2019-01-02

Published Date: 2019-01-21

The main objective of this research paper is to understand the inequalities, in other words, differences in educational opportunities. The educational institutions are different on the basis of number of factors. These include, educational programs, financial resources, teaching-learning methods, teaching-learning materials, infrastructure, human resources, overall environmental conditions and so forth. Apart from the existence of these differences, the educational institutions at all levels need to ensure that they need to promote effective growth and development of students, incur the feeling of job satisfaction among educators and staff members and enrich the overall system of education. When the occurrence of inequalities prove to be barriers within the course of achievement of educational goals, then the educators need to formulate measures to overcome them and enrich the system of education. The main areas that have been taken into account in this research paper are, understanding meaning of inequality of educational opportunities, accessibility to schools and higher educational institutions, and factors identifying inequalities in educational opportunities.

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