New Delhi, January 27, 2023: Since education is a key development sector, we have huge expectations from the upcoming budget. It should address the core aspects of education with a view to enhance quality of learning, improve teacher professional skills, build robust infrastructure, and promote skill development. Today, education systems continue to face challenges on how to effectively support learning in the current context and overall student development in an increasingly challenging world. A recent survey showed the widening learning gap for foundational skills which can also be attributed to schools remaining closed across the country during the pandemic and the need to address this is critical. Hence, we urge the government to focus on expanding access to education and technology, particularly in rural and underserved areas. The loss of learning is a stark reality and transcends the rural-urban divide in government schools.
In the last budget, a slew of measures were announced for the Digital DESH, Digital University initiative, One-Class-One-channel through PM eVidya initiative etc, but we need to do a lot more if India has to become a truly digital hub of the world. The country is in need of skilled personnel at different levels and this demand can be met only by training students at the school level. The foundation and vision set by the government, through NEP will be vital in achieving these objectives of an effective and inclusive education system. Overall, we hope that budget gives the much-needed boost to the education sector to cope up challenges of hybrid learning in the current context.
Corporate Comm India (CCI Newswire)
