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Table 4
11.11.2005

Increasing Public Expenditure on Education
Table 4: Financial Cost of New Classrooms Required
2004-05
  Population aged 5-9 years
1162,32,967
  Population aged 10-14 years
1105,93,462
  Total population aged 5-14 years
22,68,26,429
  Classrooms required (at 40 students per room)
56,70,661
  Currently available classrooms
34,00,000
  Funds already allocated for additional classrooms
6,75,000
  Gap of required classrooms
15,95,661
  Estimated cost per classroom (2005 prices)
Rs. 1.5 lakh
  Total cost for required classrooms
Rs. 23,934 crore
  Per cent of total projected capital expenditure
48.5 %

   Based on 2001 Census and Dept of Education estimates
 
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