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Thursday, January 19, 2006

Private and public schooling: the Indian experience

The relative merits of public, private and aided schools in India

By: Kingdon, G.G.
Published by: John F. Kennedy School of Government (KSG), Harvard University , 2005
Via: Eldis

The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the Indian experience with private and public schooling. It shows how the enrolment share of different school-types has changed over time; illustrates from Indian literature on the relative effectiveness and costs of government, aided and private schools; discusses the experience of public-private partnerships in education in India; and summarises issues relating to the school-choice debate in India in light of recent/current educational legislation.

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