Issues in Madhya Pradesh School Funding

This is a government school in Madhya Pradesh, and that too when the Madhya Pradesh government

has a budget of 36,581 crore rupees for school education.

Are these the facilities given to children after a budget of thousands of crores? Tiled

buildings, food served on torn pages of books, and

on the other hand, in Bhopal, look at

the Madhya Pradesh BJP's new state office. It cost around 100

crore rupees to build. Along with modern amenities in this ten-story office,

there were even reports of a helipad. If political parties can spend crores

of rupees on modernizing their offices, then why aren't government school

children given a proper roof, a place to sit, and basic facilities?

There is no problem with constructing beautiful buildings

or making beautiful offices,

we also really like it. But when such pictures of government schools emerge

comes out, it reveals what our priorities actually are. When

in 2010-11, the School Education Department's budget was 6,334 crore rupees,

around 13,366,000 children

were enrolled in government schools. In 2025-26, although the budget was

increased manifold to 36,000 crore, the number reportedly dropped to around

7,939,000. When the school education budget increased

nearly sixfold, why did the number of children in government schools drop?

And if the budget is so large, why aren't a decent room,

a nice seating area, and better basic school facilities for children

being provided? When will they get these facilities, and who

will provide

them?