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Interim Budget 2019: How it can help improve quality of India's schooling

The school education system in India is facing a shortage of trained teachers and a lack of proper infrastructure

Not many teachers, fewer classrooms: schools have a long way to go

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Shreya Raman | IndiaSpend

Last Updated : Jan 30 2019 | 1:41 PM IST

India stepped up its spending on school education by 9.35% from 2014-15 (Rs 45,722.41 crore) to 2018-19 (Rs 50,000 crore). But education’s share in the total union budget fell from 2.55% to 2.05% in this period, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of budgetary data.

On February 1, 2019, when the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) presents its last budget before general elections, it will have to address a critical issue in India’s school education: Its quality compares poorly with many south Asian and BRICS nations even though India spends a higher percentage of its gross domestic

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