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Regulation and Informal Market for Schools in Delhi

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  • Bose, Sukanya

    (National Institute of Public Finance and Policy)

  • Ghosh, Priyanta

    (Gour Banga University)

  • Sardana, Arvind

    (Social Science Group, Eklavya)

  • Boda, Manohar

    (JNU)

Abstract

The unrecognised school sector in Delhi has grown significantly over the years, and since long ceased to be marginal. The aim of the study is to understand the regulatory practice on the ground in this sector. According to the law, private schools must seek recognition from the appropriate authorities such that their functioning is aligned to public interest. Reading of the laws and an important Court case provides the background to the primary fieldwork on which the analysis is based. The results of the field survey indicate that unrecognised schools are growing unfettered. There is incentive for informality, regulation is totally absent and vested interests attempt to perpetuate the practice. The continuation of hands-off policy of the government vis-à-vis the sector despite the clear pronouncements in the Right to Education Act is explored from a variety of perspectives. Some suggestions towards formalisation are presented.

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  • Bose, Sukanya & Ghosh, Priyanta & Sardana, Arvind & Boda, Manohar, 2021. "Regulation and Informal Market for Schools in Delhi," Working Papers 21/340, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.
    • Handle: RePEc:npf:wpaper:21/340
    Note: Working Paper 340, 2021
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    1. Swaminathan, M., 1991. "Understanding the "Informal Sector": A Survey," Research Paper 95, World Institute for Development Economics Research.
    2. Bose, Sukanya & Ghosh, Priyanta & Sardana, Arvind, 2020. "Exit at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Empirical Explorations in the Context of Elementary Schooling in Delhi," Working Papers 20/306, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.
    3. Ministry of Human Resource Development, GOI, 2020. "National Education Policy 2020," Working Papers id:13106, eSocialSciences.
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    Low fee private schools ; unrecognised schools ; regulation ; informality in schooling ; educational policy ; educational law ; RTE.;
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