India - Participation in Education, July 1995 - July 1996, NSS 52nd Round

Reference ID

IND-MOSPI-NSSO-NSS-52-25.2-1995-V2.

Year

1995 - 1996

Country

India

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office - NSSO

Sponsor(s)

Govt. Of India - -
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation - -

Collection(s)

Other Surveys

Created on

Jan 17, 2018

Last modified

Mar 27, 2019

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Education free (EDUCATION_FREE)
File: BLOCK 4 Education particulars...

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1

Valid cases: 92311
Invalid: 0

Definition

Education is free of tuition fee in government schools in most of the states and also in private schools in some states
up to certain levels of education. There are some schools where students up to a certain level are not required to pay tuition
fees. Nevertheless, a fixed sum of money has to be paid such as development fee, library fee, etc. Education in such schools
is still considered to be free. This applies to the institution as a whole and not to the specific situation obtaining for the student.

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Is education free ?

Post question

if not free then whether tution fee exempted ?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	yes	61180	66.3%
2	no	31131	33.7%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

Educations is free of tuition fee in Govt. schools in most of the states and also in private schools in some of the states upto certain level of education. there are some schools where students are not required to pay tuition fee. Never-the-less, a fixed some of money is to be paid such as development fee, library fee. Education in such schools should still be considered as free. This item apply to the institution as a whole and not to the specific situation obtaining for the student.