Technical Education: India

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Average spending on general, technical and vocational education, per student; Graphic courtesy: The Times of India, Jul 03 2015

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Expenditure on technical education

The Times of India, Jul 03 2015

Mahendra Singh

Poll: Spend on tech courses 9 times of general education's

A student, opting for general education, on an average spent around Rs 6,788 in an academic session, Rs 62,841 for technical or professional education and Rs 27,676 for vocational course, reveals a government survey. According to a latest NSSO study , the private expenditure on technical professional courses and vocational education was about nine times and four times respectively than that on general education.

In 2007-08, the spending on technical courses and vocational education was 13 times and six times more as compared to general education.The survey found that the spending on technical education in private aided and unaided institutions varied between 1.5-2.5 times of that in government institutions.

The private expenditure was calculated as spending by students in the form of course fees (including tuition fees, examination fees etc.), purchase of books, stationery and uni forms, expenses on conveyance, private coaching, etc.Expense on course fee accounted for nearly 46% of the expenditure for general education and 73% of the expenditure for technical education.

The students pursuing general courses spent more (15%) on private coaching as against 3% for those pursuing technical and vocational education. Interestingly , those opting for general courses spent substantially more (22%) on books as compared to those doing technical courses (10%).

In states like Delhi, Haryana and Chandigarh the spending on general education was more than double of national average of Rs 6,788.It was also found that, at primary level expenditure per student in urban areas was Rs 10,083, more than four times than that in rural areas, pegged at Rs 2,811. The findings are part of a survey on “Social Consumption: Education“ (January to June 2014), conducted by the NSSO.