What is the contribution of the five year plan towards higher education? Meet class 9 economics
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2. The second five year plan provides for a larger emphasis on basic education, expansion of elementary education, diversification of secondary education, improvement of standards of college and university education, extension of facilities for technical and vocational education and the implementation of social education and cultural development programmes. In the first five year plan about Rs. 169 crores were provided for the development of education—Rs. 44 crores at the Centre and Rs. 125 crores in the States. In the second five year plan, Rs. 307 crores have been provided—Rs. 95 crores at the Centre and Rs. 212 crores in the States. The distribution of outlay between different fields of education in the first and second plans is set out below:—
(Rs. in crores)
First Plan
Second Plan
Elementary Education
93
89
Secondary Education
22
51
University Education
15
57
Technical and Vocational Education
23
48
Social Education
5
5
Administration and Miscellaneous
11
57
Total
169
307