Ensure spending of central funds on education: PM to states

Prime minister Manmohan Singh today said that the state governments should properly utilise the central funds which the Centre had invested for the education sector.         "Our government has raised public investment in education very strictly and never before has so much money been invested in education," Singh said, while urging the state governments to ensure that the funds were well spent.    Addressing the valedictory function of the 150th anniversary of St Xavier's college here, Singh touched upon his government's efforts to spread education and said the Centre has made universal access to education one of the cornerstones "of our strategy of inclusive growth"."I am delighted to learn that the rate of literacy has been going up significantly in the past few years. I am also happy to learn that enrollment ratios are rising and drop-out rates falling," he said.