Do Schools Get their Money? PAISA 2012

Accountability Initiative Staff
(2013)

Between October and November 2012, PAISA went to 14,591 government run elementary schools across India to ask the following questions: Did you get your money? When did you get your money? Did you spend the money? And if so, what was the output of that expenditure? The PAISA survey is conducted as part of the annual ASER survey that tracks learning outcomes and is implemented entirely by citizen volunteers and civil society organizations. This makes it the first and only citizen led effort to track development funds. “Do Schools Get Their Money? (PAISA 2012)” offers a snapshot of findings from the 2012 survey.