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Ministry of Education flags steady increase in Private School Enrolment in States and decreasing enrolments in government and aided schools

Posted 31 May 2025

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Based on data from UDISE+ (36% private school enrolment in 2023-24), the Ministry has asked the states to take steps to reverse the trend of decreasing enrolment in government schools.

  • E.g. Andhra Pradesh (2023-24) has 73% government schools which enrol ~46% of students whereas, the ~25% private schools enrol ~52% of the total students.

Factors leading to increase in private school enrolment over public schools 

  • Rising demand for Quality Education: Parents prefer Private schools, perceived to provide better quality education, infrastructure, and teaching standards.
  • Investment: Public investment in education was 4.6% of the GDP in 2021 which reduced to 4.1% in 2022. (World Bank)
    • This is lower than 6% of the GDP as envisaged in the NEP 2020.
  • State regulation and Monitoring: Administrative inefficiencies and corruption in public institutions impact learning outcomes. 
    • E.g. Teacher absenteeism, ineffective implementation of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan, Mid Day Meal etc. 
  • Others: Increasing per capita income, augmented accessibility of private schools etc.
A Table delineating Positive and Negative Implications of Increasing Private School Enrolment
  • Tags :
  • Right to Education
  • Private Schooling
  • Public Schooling
  • School enrolment
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