Education and poverty

Bc. Hardik Ajaybhai Bhutaiya

Master's thesis

Abstract:

Effects of Poverty on Education in the Czech Republic and IndiaAbstractPoverty is a social conundrum which has multi facet effects. One of its major impacts in on the education of individuals. Education is the key which can open the doors of poverty and lead people out of it. On the other hand, the fact cannot be denied that poverty is the biggest obstacle to good quality education. This thesis attempted to study the effects of poverty on education from the angle of the economic development of a nation. Czech Republic which is a developed nation and India which is a developing nation were chosen as countries of study. Existing literature was studied to assess the effects of poverty on the individuals. Primary data was also collected from a questionnaire which was circulated among 60 participants from India and 60 from the Czech Republic and it was a stratified sampling technique which was used to get the even distribution of the data. Hypothesis related to the impact of poverty on the education of the people were developed and tested. It was found out from the data analysis that most of the people in both the countries perceived that poverty had numerous effects on the education in terms of unsatisfactory academic performance, decreased learning ability, less availability of resources, feeling of depression and anxiety, social discrimination, high dropout rates and decreased attendance at school. All most all of the hypothesis developed were tested correct. 21% of the total sample believed that poverty did not affect the individuals on any of the factors. There were about 26% of the sample form both the countries who were not sure about their opinions related to the impact of poverty on education. Reduction of the possible impacts of poverty on the education can be achieved by any form of external intertexture from the government, charity organizations, not for profits or private institutions. Keywords: Poverty, Education, Czech Republic, India

Keywords

Poverty, Education, Czech Republic and india

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 6. 4. 2020

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: doc. Ing. Irena Benešová, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Master programme / field:
Economics Policy and Administration / Business Administration