Meta - Study of Literature on Budget Private Schools in India

Despite lack of infrastructure and facilities, studies over the past decade has shown that learning outcomes in these schools are equal to or better than those of far more resourceful government schools. Despite huge spending over the past decade and more, the government still faces the challenges of millions of out of school children, high dropout rates after elementary education and low female enrolment among other things. It is in this context that existing literature on such low fee charging private schools is being analysed below to gain a better understanding of the situation in different parts of India about the achievements, challenges and overarching ro le of Budget Private Schools (BPS) in India’s school education ecosystem.