Broken toilets, leaking roofs: Why India's 'cockroach' party wants to fix schools
The squat one-storey building has recently received a fresh coat of paint and looks respectable from a distance. But this government-run primary school for girls in Faridabad, a district on the outskirts of the Indian capital Delhi, suffers from a host of problems.
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Key Facts
- Fact 1: India spends only 4.1% of its GDP on education.
- Fact 2: While this meets Unesco's lower minimum threshold of 4%, several countries - including France, Germany, Australia, Brazil and the US - spend more than 5% of their GDP on education.
- Fact 3: Experts - and the Indian government's own National Education Policy (NEP) - have recommended 6% as the ideal mark for India.
- Fact 4: According to official data, 94,000 government schools have closed here between 2014-15 and 2024-25.
The squat one-storey building has recently received a fresh coat of paint and looks respectable from a distance. But this government-run primary school for girls in Faridabad, a district on the outskirts of the Indian capital Delhi, suffers from a host of problems.
The road outside the school in Khedi Kalan village is dotted with shallow potholes filled with filthy water. Inside, local social worker Satpal Narwat points out the plaster falling from the ceiling. "It looks new from the outside, but it's crumbling from inside.
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Original source: BBC News World
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