The Myth of Free and Barrier-Free Access: India's Right to Education Act--Private Schooling Costs and Household Experiences

Autor/inn/en	Srivastava, Prachi; Noronha, Claire
Titel	The Myth of Free and Barrier-Free Access: India's Right to Education Act--Private Schooling Costs and Household Experiences
Quelle	In: Oxford Review of Education, 42 (2016) 5, S.561-578 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-4985
DOI	10.1080/03054985.2016.1220087
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Legislation; Access to Education; Private Education; Costs; Slums; Surveys; Semi Structured Interviews; Experience; Barriers; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Privatunterricht; Cost; Kosten; Slum; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Erfahrung; Indien
Abstract	We examine relative household costs and experiences of accessing private and government schooling under India's "Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009" in the early implementation phase. The Act deems that no child should incur any fee, charges, or expenses in accessing schooling. Private schools are mandated to allocate 25% of their seats for free via "freeships" for socially and economically disadvantaged children. Furthermore, the Act has a number of provisions attempting to ease barriers to admission and entry to all schools, including private schools. This paper reports household-level data on the schooling patterns, experiences, and perceptions in one Delhi slum accessing schooling based on a survey of 290 households and 40 semi-structured household interviews. We found very low instances of children with private school freeships. Furthermore, children in "free" private school seats incurred the second highest costs of accessing schooling after full-fee-paying students in relatively high-fee private schools. Finally, households accessing freeships and higher-fee schools experienced considerable barriers to securing a seat and admission. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01