Financing of Secondary Education in India: Grants-in-Aid Policies and Practices in States

Financing of Secondary Education in India presents rich and insightful analyses of the trends in financing of secondary education, analyses the pattern of financing of government schools, schools run by local bodies and private secondary schools and critically examines the grants-in-aid policies of governments in twelve major states in India. Consisting of state-level studies on Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu, prepared by renowned scholars in the area of economics of education in India, this timely publication coming in the backdrop of policy discussions on universalisation of secondary education, should be of considerable interest to all those who are interested in issues relating to financing of education in India in general and secondary education in particular.