Human Development Meaning

   Human Development

• Investment in human resources is a pre-requisite for a healthy and productive nation building a nation. Being a developing economy, India does not have enough financial space to increase expenditure on important social infrastructure like education and health. However, in view of the limited resources, the Government has consistently accorded priority to the strengthening of the educational and health status of the people.

• education The Government of India is committed to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals for Education by 2030 in terms of “ensuring inclusive and quality education for all categories of students and promoting life long learning”. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 was enacted in 2010 with the objective of achieving this, which provides for a just legal framework and free and compulsory admission to primary education for all children in the age group of 6-14 years, Entitlement to attendance and primary education. It provides children the right to an appropriate quality education based on equity and non-discriminatory principles. 

• India has improved enrollment rates,completion rates and school enrollment rates at the primary level.Significant progress has been made in quantitative indices like building/classroom, other physical infrastructure like drinking water facilities, toilet facilities and appointment of teachers etc. 

• Apart from quantitative indicators, the quality of education also needs to be monitored and evaluated.

• The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 Student-teachers in both primary and upper primary schools women's.

• Sets guidelines for maintaining standards and norms relating to ratio, building and infrastructure, school working days, working hours of teachers. Some studies have discussed the effects of PTR on learning attainment extensively and claimed that SCR (Student Classroom Ratio-SCR) and PTR had positive effects on school participation and grade attainment.

• Gender inequalities in enrollment in higher education still persist, with the government constantly striving to improve the net entry rate of women in higher education. As a result of the continuous efforts of the Government through programs like 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao', the GPI at the primary and secondary levels of enrollment has improved substantially.

• The 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' scheme has been started to promote the life, protection and education of the girl child. Its objective is to address the issue of declining child sex ratio through a comprehensive campaign aimed at changing the social mindset. Launched in 2015, this scheme is a joint effort of three ministries namely Women and Child Development, Health and Family Welfare and Human Resource Development.