What I am seeing is a purposeful plot to destroy public schools, and to profit from the destruction.

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That to me is an indication of inferiority complex and under-education.

Of course India has high number of illiterates. It is 4 times bigger than US population. And Us has not been a colony of foreign powers in 230 some years.
India, as I am sure you must be well aware, gained independence from British rule in 1947. The economic progress in India since 1980's has been phenomenal. That was the period when Indians finally recognized the folly of central planning and Soviet style 5 year plans, and encouraged foreign investment.

Again, my main point is that student performance has little to do with teacher salaries. Let us stick to that point instead of pointing out number of illiterates in India. I can name a few things about US which are not so good either. We have the highest armed robberies, very high gun violence, very high rapes, very high murders, we practiced slavery, and we are the only country to have dropped nukes on cities full of civilians. India can claim superiority on those issues.