A Policy Note on the Grant-in-Aid System in Indian Education : Main Issues and Options for Reform

A Policy Note on the Grant-in-Aid System in Indian Education : Main Issues and Options for Reform

This policy note is aimed at contributing to a broader discussion on how the private sector can be best used to achieve priority educational goals in India. This paper includes the following contents: background and objectives; the grant-in-aid sy...

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Main Author: World Bank
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:
ACCESS TO EDUCATION
ACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATION
ACHIEVEMENT
ADDITIONAL FUNDS
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
AGE GROUP
AGE GROUPS
ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS
ANNUAL GRANTS
BACKGROUND PAPERS
COLLEGE LEVEL
COLLEGES
COMPLETION RATES
CURRICULUM
CURRICULUM RENEWAL
DIRECT COSTS
DISADVANTAGED GROUPS
EDUCATION BUDGET
EDUCATION DATA
EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS
EDUCATION EXPENDITURE
EDUCATION EXPENDITURES
EDUCATION FACILITIES
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
EDUCATION LEVELS
EDUCATION POLICY
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
EDUCATIONAL GOALS
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
EDUCATIONAL NEEDS
EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES
EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
EFFECTIVE MEANS
ELEMENTARY EDUCATION
ENROLMENT SHARE
ENROLMENTS
EXPANDED ACCESS
EXPENDITURES
GER
GROSS ENROLMENT
GROSS ENROLMENT RATIO
HIGHER EDUCATION
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IMPROVING ACCESS
INSTRUCTION
INTERVENTIONS
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
LEARNING
LEARNING OUTCOMES
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
LOCAL EDUCATION
LOW ENROLMENT
MODERN EDUCATION
NUMBER OF STUDENTS
PARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS
PAYMENT OF TEACHERS
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
PRIMARY ENROLMENT
PRIMARY LEVEL
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIVATE COLLEGES
PRIVATE EDUCATION
PRIVATE EDUCATION SECTOR
PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS
PRIVATE SCHOOLS
PRIVATE UNAIDED SCHOOLS
PROVIDERS OF EDUCATION
PROVISION OF EDUCATION
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES
PUBLIC FUNDS
QUALITY ASSURANCE
RESOURCES FOR EDUCATION
RURAL AREAS
RURAL ENROLMENT
SCHOLARSHIPS
SCHOOL EDUCATION
SCHOOL LEVEL
SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
SCHOOL QUALITY
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY EDUCATION
SECONDARY LEVEL
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
STATE EDUCATION
STATE EDUCATION SYSTEMS
STIPENDS
STUDENT DEMAND
TEACHER
TEACHER DEPLOYMENT
TEACHER MANAGEMENT
TEACHER SALARIES
TEACHERS
TEACHERS SALARIES
TEACHERS UNIONS
TEACHING
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
TERTIARY EDUCATION
TERTIARY LEVEL
UNIVERSITIES
UNIVERSITY GRANTS
UNIVERSITY LEVEL
UPPER PRIMARY
URBAN AREAS
VISITS TO SCHOOLS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/11/7161399/policy-note-grant-in-aid-system-indian-education-main-issues-options-reform
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17810
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Summary:This policy note is aimed at contributing to a broader discussion on how the private sector can be best used to achieve priority educational goals in India. This paper includes the following contents: background and objectives; the grant-in-aid system in India - an historical perspective; size of the private aided sector in India - school education; size of the private aided sector in India - higher education; public expenditures on grants-in-aid; performance and costs of aided institutions; issues for reform in the GIA sector; recent attempts at reform; and recommendations.

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