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looks like the indian education is more about feeding the children than education..<BR>
priorities upside down!<BR><BR><BR>
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Sincerely,<BR>
S Adhikari<BR></DIV><BR><BR>
<BR>> From: subbukk@gmail.com<BR>> To: india@lists.laptop.org<BR>> Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:43:21 +0530<BR>> Subject: [OLPC India] Per-child spending in Karnataka<BR>> <BR>> FYI,<BR>> <BR>> Karnataka State's Education Department has published their budget at<BR>> http://www.schooleducation.kar.nic.in/PlanningInfo/PerformanceBudger08-09_ENGLISH.pdf<BR>> <BR>> I used their data on page 5 to compute per-child spending on items directly <BR>> related to learning:<BR>> <BR>> INR 550 per year for meals<BR>> INR 105 per year for notebooks and school bags<BR>> INR 81 per year for textbooks<BR>> INR 736 total<BR>> <BR>> Notebooks are rationed too. A child in 1-5th year gets only three notebooks, <BR>> 6-7 gets four and 8-10th gets five per year.<BR>> <BR>> We have a long way to go :-(,<BR>> Subbu<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> India mailing list<BR>> India@lists.laptop.org<BR>> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/india<BR> </body>
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