End Notes 1. Since Patna City is the name of a part of the city Patna, we have used Patna Urban to mean the Patna Municipal Area. This also differentiates the city from the district Patna. 2. Central Statistical Organisation estimates that Bihar is the second fastest growing state at 11.4% per annum. 3. In this report, private schools aided by the government are counted with government schools. 4. See Khan 2009, p.29. 5. Khan2009, p.6. 6. The government took control of private secondary schools by enacting the Bihar NonGovernment Secondary School Management and Control Takeover Act of 1981. 7. Report of the Common School System Commission of Bihar. 2007. P.57 8. See Technical Notes on page 38 for further details of how this was done. 9. About 6% of parents of private school children said their school choice decision was influenced by the gender of their child. See Figure 4 on page 29. 10. See DISE, 2011, p.106. 11. See Khan 2009, pp. 8-9. 12. Simultaneous enrolment in a private and a government school. While government schools benefit from showing higher strength in their rolls, students benefit from certification from a recognised school. In essence, double enrolment is double expenditure- by the parents and by the public exchequer- for one service. 13. DISE. 2009-10 provisional. 14. DISE. 2009-10 provisional. 15. Report of the Common School System Commission of Bihar. 2007. P.36. 16. See Aggarwal 2000, p.65. 17. See CMS Social, 2009, p.17.
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