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BLOG // SAJAD SANTHOSH
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State Education Financing in India: Problems and Possibilities
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The
clamor surrounding education in India is focused on increasing the
money spent by the government on its schools but there is very little
action on the accountability of existing government spending and the
economic efficiency of India’s humungous public education system.
The
team at Accountability Initiative calculated the average per-child
expenditure across India on education at the elementary and secondary
level to be at Rs. 4269 for the year 2011-12 but the state averages
vary between Rs. 3,049 in Gujarat and Rs. 27,451 in Meghalaya for the
same year. It is also important to consider the per-child expenditure
in education incurred by other countries. The World Bank publishes data
on public expenditure per pupil as a percentage of the GDP-per-capita,
and while countries in the developed world like the UK (33.8%) and
France (28%) spend more than quarter of the GDP per capita on per-child
expenditure, developing countries are seen to spend in between 10-15%
with India right in the middle with 13.3%.
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FULL STORY >>
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VIDEO // NITI CENTRAL, 2014
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Punjab RTE Crisis – 900 Schools Shut Down
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Punjab
Government has shut more than 900 schools across the State because they
don't fit under Section 18 and 19 of the Right to Education Act (2009).
The Section states that the Government can shut a school on the pretext
of poor infrastructure but does not talk about the quality of education
being provided to the students.
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VIDEOS
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RESEARCH // UIS AND EDUCATION FOR ALL GMR, 2014
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Wanted: Trained teachers to ensure every child’s right to primary education
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How many teachers are needed to help every child realise their right to a primary education?
Universal primary education (UPE) will remain a distant dream for
millions of children living in countries without enough teachers in
classrooms. Current discussions of the post-2015 development agenda
include a target to bolster the supply and training of teachers as part
of efforts to ensure that every child learns in a stimulating and
supportive classroom environment.
To help formulate and monitor possible post-2015 education targets, the
UIS has released a new set of projections of the demand and supply of
primary teachers at the global and national levels. According to the
data, countries will need to recruit a total of 4 million teachers to
achieve universal primary education by 2015. Of this total, 2.6 million
will replace teachers who retire, change occupations or leave the
workforce due to illness or death. The remaining 1.4 million will be
needed to universalise access to primary education and underwrite
quality by ensuring that there are not more than 40 students for every
teacher.
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OPINION
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DID YOU KNOW?
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FEATURED
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Are Government welfare schemes such as mid-day meal, free textbooks, etc. sufficient to get children in school?
Government
schools provide various concessions to students such as free mid-day
meals, free uniforms, free textbooks, etc. to increase enrollment and
retain children in schools. But wouldn't better classroom learning
environment, quality teachers be much more effective tools to ensure
that students are engaged and come to their schools regularly.
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In
India, approximately 76% of SC and 81% of ST girls, as compared to 47%
of SC and 61% of ST boys, do not complete secondary school
By
educating girls, we reduce poverty, improve maternal and child health,
and raise living standards for everyone. Despite the overwhelming
evidence of the benefits of girls’ education, 37 million school-age
girls around the world are not in class. Factors such as poverty and
distance from schools limit access to education, but even in situations
where all children face such barriers, a gender disparity is evident.
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6th Annual School Choice National Conference
19 December 2014, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
The
School Choice Campaign (SCC) is a policy initiative to ensure that all
children receive quality education of their choice. Rooted in the
philosophy that each child is unique, SCC believes that an education
system can be called truly successful when it is flexible enough to
cater to each student as an individual and yet ensure that the quality
of education imparted in each institution is of the highest standard.
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POLLS AND DISCUSSIONS
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THE RTE NEWSREEL
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Tamil Nadu // IBN Live // 20 October, 2014
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CBSE Schools Brought Under DSE For RTE Act Implementation
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Tamil
Nadu Government has issued anotification bringing all schools
affiliated to boards other than state boards under the control of its
Director of School Education for implementation of Right of Children to
Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009. This was stated in a
submission by Government Pleader Krishna Kumar before a bench of Chief
Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice M Sathyanarayanan of Madras High
Court during the hearing of a PIL.
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Maharashtra // Times of India // 21 October, 2014
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Schools To Face Action For Not Filling Vacancies
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Government,
zilla parishad and government-aided schools that have not filled up
vacancies for teachers will face strict action from the state education
department. Education officers of the respective districts may also
face suspension if teachers complain that they have not been allowed to
join work despite receiving appointment letters.
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Rajasthan // Times of India // 19 October, 2014
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Education out of reach for many Raj kids
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Rajasthan
has the third highest percentage of out of school students in the age
group of 6-13 years in the country. State has recorded 6.01 lakh out of
school students from a total of 1.19 crore students in this age group
in the academic session 2013-14, says the latest survey conducted by
Indian Market Research Bureau for the HRD ministry titled Out of School
(OoS).
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All India / National // Hindustan Times // 15 October, 2014
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Writing's on board: Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan must be phased out
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Fifteen
years on, the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) has outlived its utility. In
most states today, the programme is doing more harm than good to the
education system. I make this strong statement responsibly as someone
who has helped conceptualise and implement the SSA for many years and
studied the SSA implementation in several states over the past five
years.
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Himachal Pradesh // Hindustan Times // 17 October, 2014
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Education dept warns schools not to give extra work to vocational trainers
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state education department has directed schools across the state not to
give non-teaching work to vocational trainers. During a checking by
Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) officials, it was found that vocational
trainers are given non-teaching assignments by some school
administrations.
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