00818pab a2200133 454500008004000000100002600040245003900066260000900105300001300114362001100127520049800138650001400636773003400650180718b2008   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aTilak, Jandhyala B.G.  aEducation in 2008-09 union budgbet  c2008  ap.49-56.  a17 May  aThe allocations to the education sector in the union budget for 2008-09 are substantially more than in 2007-08, but the hike is not as large as in previous years. The budget marks a shift in priorities in a number of areas. One higher priority to secondary, technical and higher education, and less to elementary education. Two, a preference for expansion of elite over mass-based system. And, three, a preference for funding from cesses over allocations from the general budget. - Reproduced.  aEducation  aEconomic and Political Weekly