A comparative study on the dropout problem in Primary Education among Muslim community in relation to gender and economic status

Dropout from school hinders development as it makes human potentialities unexplored. This creates all round backwardness. Muslim communities are more backward particularly in Malda district, W.B., where the dropout rate is high. Parental decision to dropout their wards from primary education does not depend upon gender, but depend upon their economic status. Poverty influences the parents to withdraw their wards from school. Key wards: backwardness, dropout, economic condition, gender, Muslim communities, primary education,.