What's new on Education Front in Indian Budget?

Name: What's new on Education Front in Indian Budget?
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Created byDr. Dheeraj Mehrotra

Last updated 1/2025

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What you'll learn

About Education Front of Indian Union Budget 2021

Course content

1 section • 12 lectures • 46m total length

Introduction1:30
Explore the union budget 2021–22 allocation for education, noting a substantial increase from revised estimates. The module highlights funding for quality education and literacy, aligned with the national education policy.
Learning about budget offering on Education#12:52
The 2021-22 budget allocates Rs 93,224 crores for education, with 54,824 crores for school education and 38,350 crores for higher education, a 6.13% cut from 2020-21, under National Education Policy.
Learning about budget offering on Education#23:48
Establish a higher education commission to oversee accreditation, regulation, funding, and advance digital educational architecture, strengthen 15,000 schools, and set national professional standards for teachers under the national education policy.
Learning about budget offering on Education#33:50
Explore the education budget's push for Indian sign language standardization, national teacher standards, CBC reforms, and UAE–Japan skill partnerships, plus regional language content under the national education policy.
Learning about budget offering on Education#45:17
The budget outlines senior and retired teachers mentoring school educators online and offline, plus funding boosts for apprenticeships and the national research foundation, and a shift to holistic, experiential learning.
Learning about budget offering on Education#50:37
Explore a 6.13% cut in education funding within the annual budget and the proposed expenditure around 93 thousand to 24 crores for education, signaling it as a priority.
Learning about budget offering on Education#66:52
The budget boosts education through private-public partnerships and NEP-aligned reforms across 15,000 schools. It also advances higher education reform with a proposed Higher Education Commission.
Learning about budget offering on Education#74:10
Prioritizes engineering and manufacturing education by expanding apprenticeship schemes for graduates and diploma holders. Funds 15,000 schools, 50,000 crores to the National Research Foundation, boosting startups and tribal education.
Learning about budget offering on Education#84:07
The budget prioritizes innovation to boost 21st-century skills and strengthen 15,000 schools under the NHP pilot with UAE and Japan collaborations. It advances digital educational architecture and apprenticeship schemes.
Learning about budget offering on Education#92:03
Explore new education budget allocations for digital education, focusing on technology upgradation, teacher training, ai integration, internet access, devices, and bridging the digital divide.
A Revisit3:55
Explore NDP 2020 at a glance for educators towards excellence, highlighting books, practical strategies, and insights to elevate learning and school quality.
Bonus Lecture7:02
Embrace a digital vision for education by integrating technology, including interactive whiteboards, apps, AI tutors, and VR/AR, to personalize learning, streamline teaching, and connect students worldwide for 21st-century relevance.

Requirements

An Educator by choice

Description

Education Budget towards Excellence. The module "What's new on Education Front in Indian Budget 2021?" explores learning about various attributes towards quality conscious steps and contribution towards making India a super knowledge power. The power of excellence is integrated and defined in the module of how and what way of about 15,000 schools across the country will be strengthened quality wise and will serve as exemplar schools in that region. These schools will lead the way in helping other schools to achieve the goals of the National Education Policy. It manipulates the mention of National Professional Standards for Teachers (NPST) which will be developed to set standards for school teachers. This will impact around 92 lakh teachers currently in the public and private schools in the country. The module also activates the spectrum of Formal umbrella structures that will be set up to bring research institutions, colleges and universities in nine cities. These will help institutions have better synergy and also retain their internal autonomy. A special mention of A ‘Glue Grant’ will be set up for this purpose. The module also reflects as a priority of how the CBSE Board Exams reforms will be introduced in a phased manner from 2022-23. Students to be tested on conceptual clarity, analytical skills and application of knowledge to real-life situations, including the experiential learning format in a big way. There is also a special mention about need of skilling, via the set and explored Partnerships with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to benchmark the skill levels of workforce and with Japan for skill transfer in particular.

Who this course is for:

Parents/ Teachers/ Educators/ School Principals/ Learners of all age/ Professionals