Globalization plays a significant role in changing the fabrics of society and culture. Society is built upon certain values and belief systems which are inculcated from education institutions, family and society right from early childhood. Education institutions, today, face a challenge to maintain a balance between adapting globalization with rapidly changing pace and preserving indigenous culture and values. It also poses new opportunity to educational leaders to overcome problems with the help of continuously advancing instruments of globalization such as technology and body of knowledge. The impact of globalization will have different consequences for rural and urban areas. Primary education institutions in urban areas have different issues and opportunities for globalization than that of education institutions in rural area. The difference in implications and ability to entrap opportunity of globalization between public and private schools will either increase or diminish inequality. First section of article describes notion of ‘Globalization’ followed by second section on ‘Globalization and Primary Education’. Third section discusses the issues and opportunities that primary education would have in India due to globalization. The analysis of those challenges and opportunities in both areas will help to discover tools which can be used to mitigate issues and to entrap opportunities to inculcate education which meets objective of education. Last section concludes article with brief note on globalization and primary education in India.