Education Budget: The general budget is to come on February 1, everyone’s eyes are fixed on the announcements of the budget. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the budget in Parliament. The people of the education sector are also keeping a lot of hope from this budget. Due to Kovid, the field of education has been greatly affected in the last years. We will give you information about the education budget of the last 3 years so that you can estimate the upcoming budget. Apart from this, what is the expectation of the teacher society regarding the upcoming budget. We will tell you that too.
Year: 2022-23
In the year 2022-23, the government had allocated one lakh four thousand 277 crore rupees for the education sector. Which was much higher than in previous years. Rs 37,383 crore was allocated for the overall education campaign in the education budget. Apart from this, Rs 8,494 crore was allocated for IITs, Rs 5320 crore for UGC and AICTE. In the budget, provision of funds was made for the establishment of a digital university to promote digital education.
Year: 2021-22
In the year 2021-22, the government had allocated Rs 93,224 crore. In this budget, an allocation of Rs 38,350 crore was made for higher education and Rs 31,050 crore for school education. An allocation of Rs 1 crore was made to the National Incentive Scheme for Girls. Which was earlier around Rs 110 crore.
Year: 2020-21
Rs 99,300 crore was allocated for education in the budget of the year 2020-21. Whereas, Rs 3,000 crore was allocated for skill development. Apart from this, in this budget, the government had emphasized on the area of skill development. FDI approval in education sector was also provided in this budget and online degree program was also announced.
What are the expectations
Priority should be given to the field of education
The government should allocate at least 5 percent of GDP to the education sector. The government had given priority to the education sector in the last budget. This time also the government should give priority to the field of education. So that the field of higher education becomes better.
Pro. Sanjay Dwivedi, Director General- IIMC
Expenditure should be increased for quality education
Constant changes are taking place in the field of education. With the advent of the new education policy, there have been many changes in higher education. Digitization is also happening continuously in the field of education. Today there are various programs for students in different languages. It is expected that this time the expenditure for quality education will be increased.
Manisha Upadhyay, Assistant Professor – Mangalayatan University, Aligarh
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