In a background paper submitted for UNESCO’s Global Education Monitoring Report 2022, we explore the interface between the state and budget private schools with a focus on licensure, hiring of teachers, inspections, admissions, and grievance redressal. We examine legislation, supplement our analysis with interviews and surveys of school owners, and fill the gap in the literature on this sector. We do so for budget private schools in Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Haryana. Finally, we document the impact of COVID-19 on budget private schools.
