New Delhi, July 16, 2024: One of the highlights of the Union Interim Budget 2024-25, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, was supporting higher education. We hope that the final budget continues to focus on this aspect while supporting NEP 2020, which recommends the importance of nurturing critical thinking and creativity in education at an early stage. We expect the budget to financially aid a teaching approach that encourages creative and critical thinking in school students, fosters an interdisciplinary understanding of community, integrates technology and prepares individuals to become adept problem solvers. One way of doing this could be by allocating funds towards school and design university collaborations.
We also advocate financial support for technology innovation by fostering partnerships between ed-techs and higher education institutes. It will prepare a tech-literate workforce equipped to thrive in a competitive marketplace. We also need to enhance industry-academia collaboration to better align academic curricula with the evolving job market. Prioritizing financial support for these collaborations will be crucial, as it helps build strong connections between educational institutions and industries.
Corporate Comm India (CCI Newswire)
