2017 budget: Arun Jaitley should devote more funds to the education sector

2017 Budget: Arun Jaitley should devote

more funds to the Education Sector

If we assume that 10 million teachers in primary education, the spending will be about 2 per cent of the school of education budget in the last budget year.

Apart from some notable exceptions, it was the state's commitment to education is always high on rhetoric and low in practice. In general, it is expected that the budget announcements do little to change this perception. It can be expected to take into account the investment in technology and skills that have a limited impact. However, if used creatively, budgets can serve as tools not only to change the allocation of resources, but also the institutional structures and governance.

Measures to address the crisis in education should start with the most important person in the organization - the teacher in the government. Although the problem of teacher quality deep and there are no quick solutions, the first step is to simplify and fill vacancies that are, on average, and an average of 17% in all countries, even after including the part-time teachers.

Second, at least to recognize the thousands of "positive deviants", and teachers who work hard and who defy the odds to teach children the most marginalized. Thus, it will be important to recognize the expertise of the private sector is willing to participate in the job without the motivation is primarily for commercial reasons.

"Dream budget" will be built on these funds and the allocation of funds to recognize those teachers and the creation of institutional mechanisms to participate in the rebuilding of the public education system with private and government agencies. For example, the state of Karnataka Kalli Nalli example of the possibilities and the mechanism to do so.

The central government can encourage such institutional experiments with the funds at the state level.

Last starting point is the allocation of funds directly to the small (for example, Rs.1000) in every teacher in the government school with full discretion on the use of these funds. Teachers can use this money to buy books of their choice.

It can be used to attend training workshops for teachers. The only rule that must accompany these funds is that teachers share how those funds were used in the visible general council at the school.

If we assume that 10 million teachers in primary education, the spending will be about 2 per cent of the school of education budget in the last budget year.

This scheme can serve as a driving force for broadcast experimentation and innovation among teachers. It would also allow the government to encourage the participation of stakeholders in the field of education, without corruption hassles that usually accompany decisions related to higher expenses like buying books at the state level.