NEW DELHI: Families in India have to spend more on primary school education of their children, making the fundamental right to basic education for the Indian poor a distant dream, according to a recent UNESCO report.
In contrast, university education, which typically helps the better off students, remains subsidised and costs just the half of the primary school spending.
"Households pay for more than one-quarter, 28 per cent, of the cost to send their children to primary and secondary school. This poses a big barrier for the children of poor families," the report 'Global Education Digest 2007', released by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), said.
