Policy Reforms and Financing of Elementary Education in India: A Study of the Quality of Service and Outcome
Published By: NCAER on eSS | Published Date: March, 15 , 2004Even as a case can be made out for public spending on elementary
education, its link with enrolment rates does not appear strong.
However, once efficiency and demand-side factors are accounted for,
public spending is seen to make an impact on the rate of enrolment and
quality of education as measured by teacher-pupil ratio. Teacher-pupil
ratio and the number of schools, in turn, are seen to have a stronger
impact on the rate of enrolment in efficient states. Literacy rates as well
as state domestic product were seen to have a positive influence on
education. The share of public expenditure on elementary education in
GDP peaked in 1990-91 but never achieved the targeted level of 6 per
cent of GDP. The reforms brought a break in the growth rate of public
expenditure on elementary education, from which not all the states could
recover even over an extended period of time. [Working Paper No. 93]
Author(s): Shalabh Kumar Singh, Basanta K. Pradhan | Posted on: Sep 15, 2010 | Views(939) | Download (631)