Factors Affecting Choice of School: An Empirical Study on Primary Schooling in Alipurduar District of West Bengal

Abstract

Over the last one decade or so it has been observed that enrolment in private schools in India has increased manifold. Existing literature found that parental perception regarding private schools were one of the important factors for such popularity. But perceptions may not be the reality and that was even admitted by empirical studies. Given this background, the present study intends to identify what kind of family level characteristics have been interplaying dominant role in deciding school choice by the parents.