India’s public spending on education at about 4% of GDP is lower than that of most middle-income and low-income countries. Miningou uses data from 130 countries between 2000-2015 to gauge efficiency in public education spending. This means that around 13% of education spending had no effect on access to education and learning. India’s efficiency score of 91% was higher than the average across developing countries as well as the global average, the analysis shows. Similarly, low unemployment rates also seem to be associated with more efficient spending suggesting that demand for labour could incentivize more efficiency in public education.

Source: Mint December 30, 2019 06:43 UTC