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International Journal of Social Science, Volume 4, No. 1, March 2015, pp. 1-7

DOI Number: 10.5958/2321-5771.2015.00001.0

Impact of Educational Institutions on Literacy Rate in

Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal, India:

A Statistical Analysis

Nibesh Barman

Assistant Teacher, Ektiasal Jr High School, Valpaiguri-734003, India.

Corresponding author: nibeshbarman@yahoo.com

Abstract

The present research is focused on impact of educational institutions on literacy

rate. Traditionally literacy has been commonly defined as the ability to read and

write at an adequate level of proficiency that is necessary for communication.

According to 2011 census literacy of Dakshin Dinajpur district is 73.86 %, whereas

national literacy is 74.04 % which is near to national literacy. There is 1169 primary

and 302 upper primary school which create a vital role on literacy. This study

reveals that literacy rate is proportionally linearly related to the educational

institutions. In this paper analysis is the dependent and two independent data by

matrix technique and multiple correlation. It has been found that there is a very

strong correlation between literacy rate and educational institutions.

Keywords: Literacy rate, educational institutions, multiple regression, multiple

correlation, partial correlation.

Education is the fundamental method of social progress and reform (Dewey).

In any society education is a reasonably good indicator of development. Spread and

diffusion of literacy is generally associated with essential traits (characteristics) of

today’s civilization such as modernization, urbanisation, industrialisation,

communication and commerce. Therefore to acquire a better quality of life, education

is highly essential. Countries throughout the world invest large amount of time, money

and other resources to provide formal education for the citizens. Most countries

consider education as one of the most important areas of public life. “Literacy for

all” is the Indian vision and government has initiated various plans of action for

implementing the literacy mission. It is an important demographic element and a