The Education Commission in 1966 recommended that at least 6% of GDP should be spent on education. However, even after 50 years, the government continues to spend 3-4% of GDP. How has this affected the education sector? What value stands violated?

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Government's unwillingness to spend 6% of GDP on education has affected this sector adversely: - i. About 30.3 crore people are still illiterate. - ii. Female literacy rate is 65.46%, quite low compared to male literacy rate of 82.14%. - iii. There is disparity in education levels of urban and rural areas. The value which stands violated by the Central Government is complete disregard towards expert opinion.