The contribution of private schools to education in India and in Uttar Pradesh NISA conference

ASER survey, Uttar Pradesh – Numeracy test

ASER survey, Uttar Pradesh – Literacy test

Table 2a: Government and Private schools’ Value for Money Comparison (using data on children’s Literacy Outcomes) S. No. Variables Uttar Pradesh Bihar Gujarat Tamil Nadu Madhya Pradesh Kerala Punjab Odisha A Govt Per Pupil Expenditure (Rs.) 23012 3105 47044 33126 9384 39267 16166 8897 B Govt Achievement (Reading) 27 45 50 28 61 C Govt Expenditure per Achievement Units (Rs.) (c=a/b) 859 70 1055 664 338 641 265 178 D Private Per Pupil Expenditure (Rs.) 1800 4200 5400 10800 3700 8400 7900 7150 E Private Achievement (Reading) 88 64 40 58 71 74 77 F Private Expenditure per Achievement Units (Rs.) (f=d/e) 29 48 84 269 63 119 107 93   G Govt./ Private Per Pupil Expenditure Ratio (g=a/d) 12.8 0.7 8.7 3.1 2.5 4.7 2.0 1.2 H Govt./ Private Numeracy Ratio (g=b/e) 0.44 0.51 0.70 1.24 0.48 0.87 0.83 0.65 I Private/Government Efficiency Ratio ( g = c/f ) 29.3 1.5 12.5 5.3 5.4 1.9 Source: For govt school PPE – state budgets and SSA data; For Learning achievement – ASER survey of the state; For private school PPE – fee levels – NSS data 2014.

Average Enrolment per school Temporal Change in Number of schools, Total enrolment and average enrolment per school, in Govt. and Private Schools (2010-15) STATE Number of schools Total Enrolment Average Enrolment per school Absolute Change (2010-15) % Change in govt. schools In baseline year Govt Private 2010-11 Andhra Pradesh* -4,269 3,932 -5 16.1 -223,489 294,412 -4 6 78 1 -16 1.3 -8.4 Assam 5,692 5,590 13 59 425,198 285,062 10 27 92 -2 -22 -20 Bihar 3,206 7,659 5 1929 701,365 1,769,302 4 1810 288 -3 -14 -1 -6 Chhattisgarh 859 1,101 2 22 -377,980 293,815 -10 36 82 -9 18 -11 11 Gujarat 121 2,774 39 18,040 978,261 44 176 12 Haryana -377 1,977 38 -103,416 663,742 51 140 23 9 Himachal Pradesh 229 -145,950 69,231 24 49 Jammu & Kashmir 1,198 251 -187,618 42,618 -15 55 Jharkhand -124 3,665 136 -779,208 831,535 94 138 -19 -58 -18 Karnataka -914 3,086 -489,429 582,932 19 99 -8 Kerala** -527 4,520 62 -290,984 872,547 -25 40 228 -38 -41 -17 Madhya Pradesh 2,346 4,351 -1,941,935 87,262 95 -28 Maharashtra -1,590 1,449 -1,236,274 955,608 108 Odisha 1,329 2,737 -416,185 431,168 -7 60 15 Punjab -631 6,212 194 -303,225 1,237,983 135 107 -12 Rajasthan -7,589 10,095 -1,163,851 1,307,308 Tamil Nadu 1,638 486 3 -153,910 -378,863 118 -27 Uttarakhand 133 1,163 -152,974 257,393 54 17 Uttar Pradesh 9,448 32,524 66 -2,593,508 7,474,389 -13 61 130 -24 West Bengal 3,313 4,420 -1,912,764 465,199 45 170 -30 India (20 states) average 675 4,914 139 -566,405 926,045 127 120 India (20 states) TOTAL 13,491 98,280 2,778 -11,328,097 18,520,904 -209 2,530 2,398 -238 -184 -218 -60 Source: DISE state report card for each state for each year 2010-11 to 2014-15, downloaded from www.dise.in *( Data has been taken for year 2013-14 as the data of 2014-15 cannot be taken because of separation of Telangana.) **(Data has been taken for year 2009-10 and 2014-15 because the data for 2010-11 is not available in DISE)

Number of Government Schools in Lucknow   2014-15 2013-14 2012-13 2011-12 2010-2011 Change 2010-2015 Total 1877 1879 1920 1885 2000 -123 Rural 1588 1590 1601 1576 1593 -5 Urban 289 319 309 407 -118 Source: www.dise.in/ statereportcards and districtreportcards

2014, in India, in Govt. schools: Many govt. schools themselves do not fulfil the infrastructure norms, but they are not closed down, but private schools that do not fulfil such norms are closed down 2014, in India, in Govt. schools: 51% schools - higher than permitted PTR 24 % schools - no drinking water 35 % schools - no usable toilets 45 % schools - no girls’ toilets 42% schools - no playgrounds 38% schools - no boundary wall 80% schools - no computers 22% schools - no library   Source: DISE data, 2013-14; www.dise.in