What is wastage ?
Wastage has been defined
from the Hartog
Committee as “the
premature withdrawal of
children from school at
any stage before the
completion of the primary
course”.
What is stagnation ?
According to Hartog
Committee, “stagnation
is the detention of a
child in a lower class for
a period of more than
one year”.
CAUSES OF WASTAGE AND
STAGNATION
1. SOCIAL CAUSES
Social backwardness
Illiteracy of parents
Orthodox mentality
Domestic problem
Child marriage
2. ECONOMIC CAUSES
Poverty
Helping parents to earn more
3. EDUCATIONAL CAUSES
•Lack of facilities in the schools
•Faulty admission policy
•Absence of schooling facilities
•Appointment of non-committed
teachers
•Unsuitable curriculum
•Unsuitable teaching methods
•Fear of examination
4. MISCELLANEOUS CAUSES
Under-nourishment and
mal-nuitrition of children
Heterogeneity in the age
composition