Which of the following is true?
a) Elementary education takes a major share of total education expenditure and the share of the higher/tertiary education is the least.
b) Expenditure per student in tertiary education is lower than that of elementary.

a is true, b is not

The correct answer is option 3: a is true, b is not

a) Elementary education takes a major share of total education expenditure and the share of the higher/tertiary education is the least. This is correct.
b) Expenditure per student in tertiary education is lower than that of elementary. This is incorrect. Though, on an average, the government spends less on tertiary education, expenditure per student in tertiary education is higher than that of elementary.