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Unpacking the SSA Fund Flow Process: A case study of Rajasthan
An essential question that arises while tracking expenditure in public programmes such as the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) is how is money transferred through the system? Specifically, what are the processes through which funds are transferred from the Centre to the unit of service delivery – in this case schools? This case study tries to … Continue reading "Unpacking the SSA Fund Flow Process: A case study of Rajasthan"
The Wall Street Journal covers the PAISA 2010 launch
“Accountability Initiative” in partnership with ASER and NIPFP, has come out with the PAISA 2010 report. The complete text of the report can be accessed here. The PAISA national report tracks fund flows and expenditures under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. In 2010 the survey covered 13,021 primary and upper primary schools across the country. PAISA is the … Continue reading "The Wall Street Journal covers the PAISA 2010 launch"
Findings from PAISA 2010 National Survey
The PAISA survey is conducted annually through the Annual Survey of Education (ASER) –Rural. This is the second PAISA report. In 2009, the survey covered a total of 14231 government Primary and Upper Primary Schools in rural India. The 2010 survey covers 13021 government primary and upper primary schools across rural India. The ASER survey … Continue reading "Findings from PAISA 2010 National Survey"
What is PAISA – Contextualizing PAISA
Since 2004, India’s education budget has more than doubled, increasing from Rs. 83,564 crore in 2004-05 to Rs. 1,91,946 crore in 2009-10. About 50% of this budget has been spent on elementary education. For the same period, ASER has been tracking learning outcomes to find that learning levels have remained depressingly stagnant. Nearly half the … Continue reading "What is PAISA – Contextualizing PAISA"
Do Schools Get their Money? PAISA 2010
Do schools get their money? Between October and November 2009, PAISA went to 14,560 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, if so what was the output of that expenditure? This PAISA survey was conducted … Continue reading "Do Schools Get their Money? PAISA 2010"