jaipur rajasthan is utilizing only 2 grant allocated for elementary education on childrens entitlements and quality of education which is among the minimum in the country though it is spending 76 of the grant on teachers this was the conclusion of the annual paise report prepared by accountability initiative a research group and centre for policy and research new delhi in collaboration with assessment survey evaluation research the report was released in march 2013 the state received a total of rs 831259 crore grants for elementary education and sarva shiksha abhiyan for 201213 from union government the report highlights that the states spending on children and quality education is the lowest in bimarou states the huge disparity in utilization of grants has affected the reading and learning levels of children in the state only 64 students in class 1 to iii can read and write letters the component on teachers is spent for their salaries training and teaching inputs such as teaching learning material the state needs to redefine it priorities without raising the reading writing and arithmetic learning levels the goals of growth and equity cannot be achieved said k b kothari managing trustee pratham an ngo adding that insignificant budget allocation for innovation in studies is denting quality the componentwise allocations show a prioritization towards teachers where the allocation increased from 67 in 201011 to 76 in 201213 with no change in budgeting on children and quality in the same period these grants come under the school facility grant sfg the school management grant smg and the teaching learning material grant tlm the states 58 schools got all 3 grants in compared to national average of 74 schools altogether 70 schools received school facility grant compared to school management grants 80 and teaching learning material grant 91 however the major saving grace is that the state has spent 87 of its ssa resources compared to the dip in expenditure across the country overall states spent 62 of funds allocated in 201112 the allocation for elementary education has been increased by 11 and ssa allocations by 30 this year making the average per student allocations at rs 11509 annually however the just 2 of the amount spend on children is seen as a major bottleneck in education scenario in the state the paisa national report gathers data on schools across india through a survey that focuses on the receipt and expenditure of 3 core grants that every school in the country receives annually