This paper is an attempt to study the socio-cultural aspects of vidyārambha saṁskāra and it’s significant in the present time. As Vidyārambha is not from Vedic time, the origin and development of this saṁskāra as an independent one from Upanayana, the variations, and the essence behind the saṁskāra are discussed in this paper. The saṁskāra was undergoing changes and now-a-days, it is only performed only few in the few places which is not a positive response from the society. But the fact is that although it is not known as vidyārambha in today’s society in all over India; it is existing in other forms and with other names as well as in other religion too.