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The present article attempts to study financing patterns of elementary education in Uttar Pradesh. A review of educational development in the state reveals that the goal of universalizing elementary education in a resource-poor state seems to be elusive in the near future. Neither the financing pattern of education per se nor elementary education in particular is conducive to achieving the target of universal elementary education. The magnitude of out-of-school children (leaving or dropped-out children) vis-à-vis the resources allocated toward elementary education provides a gloomy picture in the state. Financing the additional resources required to universalize elementary education in the state would require significant reallocations in overall expenditure with federal assistance, since the fiscal situation in Uttar Pradesh is highly imbalanced. The state and central government should bear the entire responsibility of funding and ensure the twin principles of equity and efficiency in the public education system in the state. This requires an indomitable political commitment in terms of reorientation of spending priorities and improving the efficiency of resource use in the state. This study reaffirms that the goal of universal elementary education could become a reality only if there is a joint commitment between the federal and state polities.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- 1 Introduction: setting the context -- 2 Shifting terrain of public policy discourses for financing of school education: an overview -- 3 Financing elementary education in Andhra Pradesh under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan: a study on fund flow pattern and utilization of resources -- 4 Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan in Punjab: overall allocations, composition and utilization of funds -- 5 Analysing fund flows and expenditure under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan in Himachal Pradesh -- 6 Do the SSA funds hit the target? The case of Kerala -- 7 Bottlenecks in provisioning for elementary education under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan: the case of Lalitpur and Rajnandgaon -- 8 Pattern, trend and utilisation of funds under SSA in Odisha: performance analysis of two sample districts -- 9 Review of SSA fund flow pattern: case studies from Mumbai and Raigad in Maharashtra -- 10 Fund-flow pattern under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan in West Bengal: a case study of Bankura district -- 11 Fund flows and expenditure in Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan: a case study of Nalanda district, Bihar -- 12 Implementing right to education in Uttarakhand: the missing links -- 13 Community monitoring of right to education: a case of Udaipur district -- 14 Financing elementary education: induce or reduce interstate disparity?