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Support for the schooling system is increasing greatly in urban areas. A closer look at the evidence, however, does not support these expectations. The quality of private schools varies a great deal, and the cheaper schools that are accessible by the poor families are not very different from government schools. Their success in attracting children is not always a reflection of better teaching of school curriculum some of them also take advantage of the ignorance of parents, for example, with misleading claims of being English medium. Further, a private school learning system is inherently inequitable, as schooling opportunities depend on one’s ability to pay. It also puts girls at an advantage; girls are accounted equally with boys when we see the total number of children enrolled. Private schooling therefore defeats one of the main purposes of universal elementary education breaking the old barriers of class, caste, and gender in Indian society. Thanks to the recent growth of small private school resources, percentage of school going children is increased. This situation is likely to continue in the foreseeable future, which makes it imperative to do something about classroom activity levels in government schools, instead of giving up on them.

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