It was conducted by the National Statistics Office, MoSPI, as part of the 80th round of the National Sample Survey (NSS).
- It primarily collected expenditure-related information incurred by the student households enrolled in school education.
Key Highlights of CMS:E
- Government Schools: Play pivotal role in providing education, accounting for 55.9% of total enrolments.
- It is higher in rural areas (66%), in comparison to urban areas (30.1%).
- Expenditure: Average expenditure per student on school education in rural India was estimated at ₹8,382 and ₹23,470 in urban India, for all levels of enrolment and all types of schools.
- Private Coaching: Nearly a third of all students (27%) were taking or had taken private coaching during the current academic year.
- This trend was more common in urban areas (30.7%) than in rural areas (25.5%).
- Funding for Education: Educational expenses of about 95% students were funded by other members of household.
- Only 1.2 % students reported Government scholarships as their first major source of funding for school education.
About NSS
- NSS, under MoSPI, is responsible for conduct of large-scale sample surveys in diverse fields on All India basis.
- Major Surveys include Annual Survey of Industries (ASI), Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS), Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES), etc.