Pvt schools preferred for boys
Distance matters for girls’ education. Gender segregation evident: 45% of low-cost private school students are girls compared to 58.80% in government schools.
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Few takers for state schools: Survey
65% of Patna households prefer private schools. 70% of parents with children in government schools would choose private if they could afford it.
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Poverty no bar for quality-conscious parents as private schooling booms
RTE implementation driving migration from government to private schools. 69% of private unaided schools are low cost, 22% affordable, and only 9% high cost.
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Why India’s landmark education law is shutting down schools
Rangaraju provides the national count of 2,692 schools shut and 17,871 at risk under RTE norms. Quoted directly on the law’s failure to make teaching mandatory or link teacher pay to performance.
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India’s misguided schools policy shutting out the poor
Rangaraju explains how RTE’s infrastructure mandates are destroying the low-cost private schools that serve Bihar’s poorest children, and why political compulsions rather than evidence are driving the closures.
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Le boom de l’ecole privee pour les pauvres en Inde
French-language interview with Baladevan Rangaraju about the Bihar private school study. Covers the state’s dramatic undercount of schools and why low-cost private schools are the educational reality for India’s poor.
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In Patna, a low-cost private school revolution
Out of 1,574 schools in Patna, 78% are private unaided institutions. Study reveals how low-cost private schools serve the majority of students despite being unrecognized by government.
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2.4 lakh school-going children out of official data in Patna
Government substantially underestimating students enrolled in private schools. Study reveals 1,574 schools versus government estimate of just 350.