Impact of Educational Institutions on Literacy Rate...

3. Partial correlation:

R 2 Y . X 1 X 2  r 2 Y . X 2

(a) r

YX 1. X 2 =

1  r 2 Y . X 1

(This measures the effort of X ₁ on Y )

R 2 Y . X 1 X 2  r 2 YX 1

(b) r

YX 2. X 1 =

1  r 2 Y . X 1

(This measures the effort of X ₂ on Y )

where, R = Multiple correlation coefficient, r = Karl pearsons’ correlation coefficient.

Results and Discussion

Educational institutions: The educational institutions are those organizations,

which impart primary, secondary education to the illiterate and uneducated persons

of the country. The educational institution is the backbone of the whole education

system. In Dakshin Dinajpur there are many primary and upper primary schools.

Table 1 shows block/municipality wise distribution of primary and upper primary

level school. Educational institutions have greater impact on literacy as they serve

as “The Base of the Educational Structure”. In Dakshin Dinajpur there are 1169

primary schools in a whole. The maximum and minimum concentration of primary

school is found in Balurghat block, Hili and Harirampur block respectively. Numbers

of upper primary school are less as compared to primary schools which are 300 in

number. However with high concentration of educational institutions literacy rate of

Balurghat is also high as compared to the other block.

Table 1: Block/Municipality wise literacy rate and educational

institutions in Dakshin Dinajpur District

Block/ Municipality

Literacy rate %(Y)

Number of Educational Institutions

Primary school (X 1 )

Upper primary school (X 2 )

Balurghat Municipality

86.60

34

14

Gangarampur municipality

77.60

32

9

Hili

64.90

72

14

Balurghat

78.90

220

48

Kumarganj

66.80

139

42

Tapan

59.50

200

39

Gangarampur

62.60

164

44

Banshihari

59.50

96

25

Kushumandi

56.30

140

41

Harirampur

53.90

72

26

Total

1169

302

Source: District Statistical hand book, S.I and D.I office of Dakshin Dinajpur, March 2013.

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