Providing a depth look into the 2003 Education Bill and highlighting key aspects of the bill to illustrate how the Bill is not meeting its objectives and does serious damage to areas of education where some degree of competition and choice exists—both of which CCS believes are fundamental agents for a thriving and prosperous education ecosystem.

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CCS Team

The Bill seeks to expand access to elementary education by a) increasing the number of state schools, and b) leveraging the 25% reservation of seats in all private schools. The Bill expects the private sector to discharge the constitutional obligation of the state while having no binding duties for the state. The analyses expose the weaknesses of the Bill, as well as the ambiguity that relaxes the state from accountability and compliance with standardised norms.

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CCS Team

Providing a comprehensive brief of the Model Rules under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009, providing analysis to highlighting our argument on how private unaided schools conforming to the 25% reservation quota be reimbursements for those selected seats.

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CCS Team

Many countries have seen significant improvements in learning outcomes after the introduction of vouchers, while a few have experienced very little change. However, no country has found learning outcomes deteriorate with education vouchers. The paper describes the experience of eleven countries with education vouchers and draws lessons from their success and failures.

Author / Edited by:
Parth J Shah

The Department for the Welfare of SC/ST/OBC/Minorities introduced the SC/ST tuition-fee reimbursement scheme in 2003-2004 for SC and ST students of Delhi enrolled in recognized unaided private schools, having an annual family income of less than Rs. 1 lakh. The subsidy provided by the scheme covers between 85% and 90% of the beneficiary's total running expenses in studying in a private school. This study concludes that the scheme's performance has been suboptimal vis-à-vis its stated objectives.

With the new Right to Education Act (RTE) comes an exciting opportunity to change the way private unaided schools are regulated and gain recognition in India. The role of the private unaided sector in India is crucial for achieving “Education for All”. The RTE Act provides an opportunity for state governments to explore ways in which to assure even better quality from private unaided schools.

The Swedish government undertook significant reform in the education sector in the 1990s. Among the important steps in this reform were the institution of vouchers for schooling, decentralisation of education to the municipal level, and entry of private for-profit schools. This publication reviews the Swedish model, outlines the successes, challenges and gaps in the model, and highlights the political currency of this policy in present-day Sweden.

Author / Edited by:
Jan Sjunnesson

The emphasis on delivering benefits directly reduces leakages, increases beneficiary choice, and eliminates intermediaries between the beneficiary and the state. This presents a unique entry point for structural reform in education in India, apart from also being a popular measure conferring political advantages for the government that introduces it.

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Edited: Parth J Shah, Bhuvana Anand; Authors: Ritika Shah, Celia Xinuo Chen

Why is India poor? Is it our large population? The lack of education? Our history of colonial exploitation? This monograph addresses the vital question that all of us have asked each other at one time or another. It challenges the most commonly cited causes for India’s poverty, attempts to offer plausible reasons for why India is poor and highlights the importance of institutions and policies that support economic freedom.

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Parth J Shah

Providing basic education to more than a billion people is a large and complex effort. How is educating the Indian masses going to be made possible? What are the roles of the State, the Market and Civil Society? This monograph addresses these questions and various problems surrounding schooling in India and suggests public policy solutions that will address issues of quality, cost, access and diversity of schooling, with a particular concern for the needs of the poor.

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Parth J Shah