Public Education FundingFinancing
0.70Strengthened60% impact weight
The RTE Act created binding state financing obligations (free schooling, 25% private-seat reimbursement), strengthening sustained public education funding in India.
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India enacts the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (2009)
India's Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, Act No. 35 of 2009, is dated 26 August 2009 and entered into force on 1 April 2010. It establishes free and compulsory elementary education for children aged 6-14, gives central and state governments concurrent responsibility for funding implementation, and requires bounded public reimbursement for qualifying private-school places reserved for disadvantaged children.
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India's Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, Act No. 35 of 2009, is dated 26 August 2009 and entered into force on 1 April 2010. It establishes free and compulsory elementary education for children aged 6-14, gives central and state governments concurrent responsibility for funding implementation, and requires bounded public reimbursement for qualifying private-school places reserved for disadvantaged children.
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Teacher Quality and SupplyHuman capital
0.60Strengthened45% impact weight
The Act set pupil-teacher norms that drove recruitment drives, though it also exposed a large teacher shortfall, so the net effect on teacher supply is positive but partial.
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