Published Paper Details:

With essence of �education is a fundamental right� declared in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), most of the nations have adopted different measure to ensure the same. The quality parameter was added later by UNESCO as a part of the millennium development goals. Quality is reflected in RTE norm by a range of indicators including government�s expenditure on education, pupil teacher ratio, teacher qualifications, test scores, and the average duration of years students spend in school. But Indian Education system in Govt. School failed to maintain these. Thats why, Recently NITI AYOG decided to shut down more than 40,000 government schools across India and merge with nearby government schools to ensure quality education through �few but good� strategy. So, the paper purported to investigate the down fall of government schools and reasons behind the merger and possible adverse effect based on different parameters. The data collected from different govt. Report and the study is delimited with primary school only. The study helps to Govt. And policy makers for rethinking the school merging process from different aspect.