In 2019-20, India spent Rs 6.43 lakh crore ($88 billion) of public funds on education. How was this money spent? We explain how the government finances public school education in India, how the money is spent and what can be improved.
Tag: Education
Budget Byte: Education Scheme ‘Samagra Shiksha’ Expenditure Fell in 2020
Samagra Shiksha is an integrated centrally sponsored scheme (CSS) focused on pre-school to senior secondary level. Release of funds for the scheme has been slow in 2020.
How Should We Read the National Education Policy 2020?
The article looks at the National Education Policy 2020 with a critical perspective and raises some important questions around the promises it makes and the issues it leaves unresolved.
The article looks at the National Education Policy 2020 with a critical perspective and raises some important questions around the promises it makes and the issues it leaves unresolved.
ஒரு மாணவருக்கான கல்விச்செலவு அதிகரித்துள்ளது; ஆனால் அரசு பள்ளிகளில் சேர்க்கை குறைவு: ஆய்வு
In all eight states analysed, teacher salaries made up the largest share of school expenditure but spending on teacher training, which is important to improve learning outcomes, has been poor, the study said.
In Government Schools, Focus on Quality | HT Editorial
The Covid-19 pandemic has now made the learning challenge more complicated. To ensure that students regain the lost ground, teachers will be critical; investing in their development will fast track the learning recovery process.
Enrolment Fell in Government Schools in 2017-18, Says Study
At the elementary level, poor quality of learning in government schools, teacher vacancies and absenteeism, quality of infrastructure facilities, and low transition rates to secondary level, still remain major concerns, according to the study which analysed eight states.
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What is Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan?
Attention Deficit
Reduced allocations offer little incentive for the education sector.
School Education Budget: Only 57% funds for scheme released by Dec
Till 15th December, 2019, only 57 percent of the approved funds for Samagra Shiksha had been released.
Centre released only 57% of school education funds to states till December 2019. Where’s the rest?
Before the financial year 2018-19, the release of funds by the Centre for the three different schemes brought under Samagra Shiksha had always been high. But now it has dropped drastically.