Public Provisioning for Elementary Education in India
- Praveen K Jha - Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
- Subrat Das - Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
- Siba Sankar Mohanty - Doon University, Dehradun, India
- Nandan Kumar Jha - formerly at Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Educational Policy
Public Provisioning for Elementary Education in India focuses on elementary education in the context of the ongoing efforts towards Universalising Elementary Education (UEE) in the country. The book tracks budget expenditures and budgetary and planning processes in the current flagship programme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) across the four selected States of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat and Rajasthan. It addresses the causes of the fiscal crisis in States in the era of economic reforms, and the policy measures required for improving the flow of public expenditure on education. This book offers important insights for policymakers, academia and social activists interested in `Input—Process—Output—Impact` of State intervention in the education sector in general and elementary education in particular.
The book looks at the functioning of the SSA in some states and also the constraints in achieving the goal of universalization of elementary education in the country…It will be of interest to both specialists and generalist. A useful contribution.
This study will be of immense help to the policymakers, academics and social activists, interested in education in general and elementary education in particular. It looks at the measures required for strengthening the ability of the states to step up public expenditure on education, and the role of Centrally Sponsored Schemes in education. At the end, it also presents some recommendations to be undertaken by the Central and state Government for universalizing the elementary education in India.
This book offers important insights for policymakers, academia, and social activists interested in ‘Input-Process-Output-Impact’ of State intervention in the education sector in general and elementary education in particular.