PRIMARY EDUCATION AND SCHOOL TEACHERS; AN ANALYSIS OF POLICY INITIATIVES AND ITS CONTRADICTIONS: A CASE STUDY OF KAITHAL DISTRICT, HARYANA (INDIA).

An attempt has been made in paper to discuss the policy initiatives by Government of India. The central focus of the paper is to throw light on the success achieved, challenges faced and remedies to overcome challenges of universal primary education and to identify condition of primary teachers at the grass root levels with a case study of Kaithal district. India under the flag of international campaign of ?Education for All? has taken several initiative programmes, policies and practices to reach educational goals in the nation. There has been great progress in the last decade in primary education in India. The gender, caste and demographic disparities in primary education have markedly reduced at national, state and at grass root levels. But challenges like problems of guest teachers, untrained or semi trained teachers, salaries and service conditions of private school teachers, precise policies for school teachers are still big hurdles in achievement of universal goals of primary education, which demands strong political will, reality based initiatives and administrative dedication of the educational authorities.