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National Sample Survey 64th Round (Expenditure in Education)

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Report on 64 th round NSS : Participation and <strong>Expenditure</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Education</strong>Fig 4.6.1 Average expenditure per student on general education by the level ofeducation4.6.2 The educational stream of kerala ma<strong>in</strong>ly consists of general, technical andvocational courses. Average expenditure per student <strong>in</strong> the age group 5-29 yearsfor technical and vocational courses are found to be massive than that for thegeneral courses. The average annual expenditure per student for technical coursesare worked out to be Rs. 24246 for rural areas and Rs. 38759 for urban areas. Forvocational courses the amounts worked out to be Rs. 12639 for rural areas andRs.17695 for urban areas.4.7 Components of private expenditure on education4.7.1 The major components of private expenditure on general education aretuition fees, exam<strong>in</strong>ation fees, other fees and payments, and expenditures onbooks, stationery, uniform, conveyance, private coach<strong>in</strong>g etc. All the types andlevels of education <strong>in</strong> major courses are taken <strong>in</strong>to account for estimat<strong>in</strong>g theaverage expenditure on different items. The average expenditure on each andevery of the above items are given separately for both rural and urban areas <strong>in</strong>table 4.7.1. It can be observed that one had to spend almost double of the amount<strong>in</strong> urban areas as tuition fees and private coach<strong>in</strong>g fees compaired to the ruralareas <strong>in</strong> Kerala. For the state as a whole average expenditure on tuition fees(Rs.1099), other fees & payments (Rs.351), books & stationary (Rs.698),conveyance (Rs.545), uniform (Rs.455), private coach<strong>in</strong>g (Rs.421), otherexpenses (Rs.165) are comparatively higher than the whole country level. This isNSS Division, Department of Economics and Statistics, Kerala 29

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