Question

why was Santosh not encourage to go outside the village and study somewhere else​

Answer 1

Even though Santosh’s parents could afford to send their children to the best schools, she was sent to the local village school due to the prevailing custom in the family.

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Answer 2

1. it is customary to send a girl child to local school because the aim is to make them literate enough to enable them to read and write. The purpose is not education but literacy and also Santosh 's parents were affluent they could have sent her to best School but as per the tradition she was sent to the local School .