World Bank2014-04-152014-04-152003-11-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17810This policy note is aimed at contributing to a broader discussion on how the private sector can be best used to achieve priority educational goals in India. This paper includes the following contents: background and objectives; the grant-in-aid system in India - an historical perspective; size of the private aided sector in India - school education; size of the private aided sector in India - higher education; public expenditures on grants-in-aid; performance and costs of aided institutions; issues for reform in the GIA sector; recent attempts at reform; and recommendations.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO EDUCATIONACCESS TO PRIMARY EDUCATIONACHIEVEMENTADDITIONAL FUNDSADDITIONAL RESOURCESAGE GROUPAGE GROUPSALTERNATIVE SCHOOLSANNUAL GRANTSBACKGROUND PAPERSCOLLEGE LEVELCOLLEGESCOMPLETION RATESCURRICULUMCURRICULUM RENEWALDIRECT COSTSDISADVANTAGED GROUPSEDUCATION BUDGETEDUCATION DATAEDUCATION DEPARTMENTSEDUCATION EXPENDITUREEDUCATION EXPENDITURESEDUCATION FACILITIESEDUCATION INSTITUTIONSEDUCATION LEVELSEDUCATION POLICYEDUCATION PROGRAMSEDUCATION SECTOREDUCATION SYSTEMEDUCATION SYSTEMSEDUCATIONAL GOALSEDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSEDUCATIONAL NEEDSEDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVESEDUCATIONAL OUTCOMESEDUCATIONAL RESEARCHEFFECTIVE MEANSELEMENTARY EDUCATIONENROLMENT SHAREENROLMENTSEXPANDED ACCESSEXPENDITURESGERGROSS ENROLMENTGROSS ENROLMENT RATIOHIGHER EDUCATIONHUMAN DEVELOPMENTIMPROVING ACCESSINSTRUCTIONINTERVENTIONSLANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONLEARNINGLEARNING OUTCOMESLEVEL OF EDUCATIONLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLOCAL EDUCATIONLOW ENROLMENTMODERN EDUCATIONNUMBER OF STUDENTSPARENT-TEACHER ASSOCIATIONSPAYMENT OF TEACHERSPERFORMANCE INDICATORSPRIMARY ENROLMENTPRIMARY LEVELPRIMARY SCHOOLSPRIVATE COLLEGESPRIVATE EDUCATIONPRIVATE EDUCATION SECTORPRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONSPRIVATE INSTITUTIONSPRIVATE SCHOOLSPRIVATE UNAIDED SCHOOLSPROVIDERS OF EDUCATIONPROVISION OF EDUCATIONPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC EXPENDITURESPUBLIC FUNDSQUALITY ASSURANCERESOURCES FOR EDUCATIONRURAL AREASRURAL ENROLMENTSCHOLARSHIPSSCHOOL EDUCATIONSCHOOL LEVELSCHOOL MANAGEMENTSCHOOL QUALITYSCHOOLINGSCHOOLSSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECONDARY LEVELSECONDARY SCHOOLSSTATE EDUCATIONSTATE EDUCATION SYSTEMSSTIPENDSSTUDENT DEMANDTEACHERTEACHER DEPLOYMENTTEACHER MANAGEMENTTEACHER SALARIESTEACHERSTEACHERS SALARIESTEACHERS UNIONSTEACHINGTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNICAL EDUCATIONTERTIARY EDUCATIONTERTIARY LEVELUNIVERSITIESUNIVERSITY GRANTSUNIVERSITY LEVELUPPER PRIMARYURBAN AREASVISITS TO SCHOOLS10.1596/17810