National Sample Survey 2007-2008 (64th round) - Schedule 25.2 - Participation and Expenditure in Education

This schedule is designed to collect the information on (a) participation in education of persons aged 5-29 years in the education system, (b) private expenditure incurred on education and (c) examining the extent of educational wastage and its causes in terms of dropout and discontinuance. The coverage of the ‘education’ includes:

I. School education including those under Education Guarantee Scheme (EGS) commencing from class I to X or XII, as the case may be, irrespective of the recognition status of the educational institution,

II. Higher secondary / Pre-university education leading to certificate/ diploma/degree etc. It also includes enrolment in private unrecognised institutions, which have regular classes and following the syllabus and pattern of the education as in
recognised schools or colleges and which sponsor students for public examinations as private or external candidates,

III. General University education, whether full time or part time, leading to certificate/ diploma/ degree etc. The Universities not recognised by University Grant Commission will not be covered,

IV. Correspondence courses conducted by Universities, Deemed Universities or Institutions, authorised by competent authorities for awarding regular degrees or diplomas or certificates,

V. Higher secondary / Pre-university / Under-graduate/ Post-graduate / Professional/ Technical education leading to certificate/diploma/degree etc. conducted by recognised open university/schools,

VI. Technical or Professional courses, leading to degree/diploma/certificates, conducted by Universities, Deemed Universities or institutes like, National Institute of Fashion Technology, National School of Drama, Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Film and Television Institute of India, Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science, etc. or Institutions, authorised by competent authorities like All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE), Medical Council of India (MCI) etc.,

VII. Professional courses conducted by Institutes like The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, The Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India, The Institute of Company Secretaries of India, Actuarial Society of India, etc.,

VIII. All types of vocational courses of duration three months or more, conducted by Institutions like Industrial Training Institute (ITI), National Vocational Training Institute, Regional Vocational Training Institutes,etc., authorised by competent
authorities

IX. All the courses at primary level and above, whether recognised or not, conducted by recognised educational institutions and which are not covered under abovementioned categories.

The following courses shall be specifically excluded:

• Art, music and similar type of courses conducted by individuals in their houses or unrecognised/ unaffiliated institutions,
• Classes taken by Private tutors,
• Education in nursery/Kindergartens/Preparatory levels except for their enrolment statuses and dropout / discontinuance statuses.
• The non-formal system of education being implemented through various programs by government or other agencies except for their enrolment statuses and dropout / discontinuance statuses.

What is new?

This Schedule is broadly similar to that used in 52nd Round (July 1994 – June 1995) with the following new additions or modifications.

• The NSS 52nd round covered only general and technical education whereas 64th round will also cover vocational education,
• In the technical/professional category specific information on courses like MBA, Chartered Accountancy etc. will be collected,
• Survey will cover persons in the age group 5-29 years as compared to 5-24 years in 52nd round,
• Rather than collecting information on distance from nearest primary school information will be collected on the distances from nearest school having primary, upper primary and secondary level classes,
• Information on Household Consumption Expenditure (Rs.) during last 30 days will be collected with the help of five questions in block 3 relating to household characteristics in place of detailed worksheet canvassed in 52nd round,
• The information about the expenditure on education will be collected for at most two courses rather than one course as was done in 52nd round,
• The block for collecting the details about the expenditure on dependents studying away from home in 52nd round has been dropped and two questions i.e. number of dependents studying away from home and the amount sent to them have been
  included in the block 3 on household characteristics,
• A new question on “Changed educational institution during last one year?” has been introduced,
• To get an idea about repetition, information about the class/grade/year in the current academic session and in the previous academic session will be collected,
• For class-X and below, questions on grade completed before dropping / discontinuance and the type of school last attended are introduced.

Summary description of the schedule: In the present round, Schedule 25.2 on participation and expenditure in education consists of 10 blocks. The first three blocks, viz., Block 0, Block 1 and Block 2 are to be used for recording identification of sample households and particulars of field operations, as practiced in previous rounds. The last three blocks, viz., Block 8, Block 9 and Block 10 are to be used to record the remarks of investigator/senior investigator, superintendent/senior superintendent and other supervisory officer respectively. Block 3 will be for recording the household characteristics like household size, principal industry, principal occupation, household type, religion, social group, land possessed, details of household expenditure for dependants studying away from home, distance from nearest school having primary/upper primary/secondary level classes and five questions for capturing household consumption expenditure etc. Block 4 is to be used for recording the demographic and other particulars of all the household members.

Particulars of current educational attendance and current enrolment status for household member aged 5-29 years are also to be collected in Block 4. The education particulars of the household members, aged 5 years to 29 years, who are currently attending educational institutions at primary level and above are to be recorded in Block 5. In this block, information on course, level, class/grade/year, type of institution, medium of instruction, etc., are to be collected for at most two courses. Block 6 is designed to collect particulars of private expenditure for the household members, whose educational particulars are collected in block 5. Here, the break-up of expenditure in detail of the basic course of each such member is to be collected along with the aggregate expenditure of the second course and all other courses (taken together), if any. Particulars of household members, aged 5 years to 29 years, who are currently not attending any educational institution, are to be collected in Block 7. In this block, information like whether ever enrolled, age at entry in school, age of discontinuation / dropping, etc. are to be recorded.