Teachers Get 80% Of Education Expenditure: New Report -Saumya Tewari

Up to 80% of India’s public expenditure on education is spent on teachers–salaries, training and learning material, according to a new six-state report.

Yet, the quality of learning at Indian schools is falling, as IndiaSpend has reported, and India is short of teachers compared to other BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) nations, which have done far better at imparting literacy.

This is how India’s education money is being spent, according to the PAISA 2015 Seminar (PAISA- Planning, Allocations and Expenditures, Institutions: Studies in Accountability), organised by the Accountability Initiative, a think tank.

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