New Education Policy Sets Stage For Increase In Contractual Teaching
The Centre has approved a new education policy which aims to increase spending from 4.43 % to 6% of GDP. But with primary schools in several states even without electricity and computers, will this go far enough? Critics also say that despite the Supreme Court's cap of 40% on contractual teachers, their numbers will now further increase, putting a question mark on the overall quality of education in the country