Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will announce the Budget 2023-24 (Budget 2022-23) on 1 February . Due to this, before the budget, most of the industrial sectors have high expectations from the Union Budget 2023-24. Talking about the education sector , all educational institutions were affected due to the closure of schools during Kovid-19 . This time the education sector has high expectations from the budget 2023-24.
Focus on education quality
The education level of lakhs of students was affected due to the closure of schools during Kovid-19. With a large population of students forced to drop out of school under the impact of COVID-19, a major learning loss has already occurred, as evident from the National Achievement Survey 2021, and the quality of education has deteriorated significantly across education levels. has gone. This has important implications for how the education system is strengthened to support the NEP 2020 goals. In the last two years, there has been a decrease in the allocation for education in the Union Budget and it is expected to pick up after the Kovid-19 pandemic.
Focus on teachers training and adult education
The budget allocation for teacher training and adult education was 250 crores in 2021-22, which decreased to 127 crores in 2022-23. Even though the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) saw an increase of 6000 crores in the budgetary allocation in 2022-23, it was still less than the budgetary allocation of 2020-21. So, it is expected that this year Teacher Training and SSA will get more budget for effective implementation of NEP 2020.
Remove GST on educational service
This includes Ed-Tech, Training, Coaching and other related educational activities. It is really incomprehensible that GST and Education Cess are being collected from educational activity.
Technical training of teachers
A separate fund can be created for capacity building of human resources in the education sector. It will promote technology in education as well as improve the quality of education in government and private institutions in India. At present there is Diksha platform for online education/training for teachers, but there is a need to improve the basic technology understanding of regular teachers.
Need to focus on pre-primary education
Recently, the Government of India has emphasized on a new framework through the New Education Policy, in which pre-primary education has been duly included, but the financial measures for this are still half-baked. There is no clear policy and investment scheme towards pre-primary education. This year the government is expected to work towards pre-primary education and its integration into mainstream education.
Compulsory Vocational Courses at Secondary Education Level
This is another very important area which requires decisive efforts from the government. Only a few selected schools are running vocational courses beyond the secondary education level. As per the norms of the New Education Policy, students should be given exposure to vocational education at the primary stage of their career selection and this will have far reaching consequences for the skill development of the workforce in India.
University level R&D
In the last budget, it was proposed to develop R&D centers at the university level from the fund for R&D. This is expected to increase research funding and provide mobility for students at higher education levels through academic credit banks and credit transfers.
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