Growth and Financing of Elementary Education in Uttar Pradesh: A Province in India

Autor/in	Rani, P. Geetha
Titel	Growth and Financing of Elementary Education in Uttar Pradesh: A Province in India
Quelle	In: Education Policy Analysis Archives, 12 (2004) 25, (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1068-2341
Schlagwörter	Educational Development; Elementary Education; Foreign Countries; Financial Support; Public Education; Access to Education; Resource Allocation; Federal Aid; State Aid; Government Role; Federal State Relationship; Developing Nations; Educational History; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsentwicklung; Elementarunterricht; Ausland; Finanzielle Förderung; Öffentliche Erziehung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Ressourcenallokation; Bund-Länder-Beziehung; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Indien
Abstract	The present article attempts to study financing patterns of elementary education in Uttar Pradesh. A review of educational development in the state reveals that the goal of universalizing elementary education in a resource-poor state seems to be elusive in the near future. Neither the financing pattern of education per se nor elementary education in particular is conducive to achieving the target of universal elementary education. The magnitude of out-of-school children (leaving or dropped-out children) vis-a-vis the resources allocated toward elementary education provides a gloomy picture in the state. Financing the additional resources required to universalize elementary education in the state would require significant reallocations in overall expenditure with federal assistance, since the fiscal situation in Uttar Pradesh is highly imbalanced. The state and central government should bear the entire responsibility of funding and ensure the twin principles of equity and efficiency in the public education system in the state. This requires an indomitable political commitment in terms of reorientation of spending priorities and improving the efficiency of resource use in the state. This study reaffirms that the goal of universal elementary education could become a reality only if there is a joint commitment between the federal and state polities. (Contains 19 tables, 2 figures and 13 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10