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Mehrotra, Santosh – International Journal of Educational Development, 2012
India's Parliament passed the Right to Education Act in 2009, which entitles all children 6-14 years old to at least eight years of schooling. This paper examines the cost of achieving this right to education, and asks whether India can fill the financing gap that must be filled if the right is to be realized. The paper notes the very considerable…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Foreign Countries, Financial Support, Access to Education