Indian Education Repository

While the report focuses on higher education, it is important to note that Ambani and Birla assumed that by the year 2015, primary and upper primary education (age group 5 – 14 years) will be universalized and a 75 per cent enrolment rate will be achieved for higher secondary. The percentages of public spending were projected as 90 per cent in the primary sector, meaning the government would spend 63 per cent of the total expenditure, which they assume would amount to 1.98 per cent of the projected GNP, ie, a reduction from the present 3.7 per cent to 1.98 per cent by the year 2015.