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 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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Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2003-11-01
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 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17810
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