National Digital Library and promotion of reading along with focus on teacher training refreshing ideas; No GST relief a heartburn Reactions: “The Union Budget highlights the government’s focus on Care, Green, and Digital – three crucial themes that will continue to shape our economy. The good push on specialized education in nursing and medical devices, as well as the strengthening …
The education sector has been allocated Rs 112899.47 Cr in this year’s budget. Allocation for school education has increased by 8% from Rs 63,449 crore (Budget Estimate) in 2022-23 to Rs 68,804 crore in 2023-24. Further, higher education has received Rs 44,094 crore in 2023-24, an increase of 7.9 percent from Rs 40,828 crore (Budget Estimate) in 2022-23.This is the highest …
The District Institutes of Education and Training (DIET), the nearly forgotten successful apparatus and linkages of continuous professional development of teachers that suffered years of neglect under the dichotomy of organic training and the ‘pretentiousness’ resource centres under SSA, came into spotlight after Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman, in her budget speech said DIETs will be developed as vibrant institutes of excellence …
The Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman tabled Economic Survey 2022-23 in Parliament on the Budget presentation eve, i.e., Jan 31. The Survey states that the Quality Education which is enlisted as Goal 4 under UN SDGs (SDG4) aims to “Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all” by 2030. It is …
The Ministry of Education, Government of India has released All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2020-2021 and as per 2011 population projections for 18-23 years age group, GER has increased to 27.3 from 25.6 in 2019-20. According to the survey data, the total enrollment in higher education has increased to nearly 4.14 crore in 2020-21 from 3.85 crore in 2019-20. Since …
The 4th edition of the Ahmedabad Design Week 4.0 (ADW) kicked off at the sprawling campus of Karnavati University in Ahmedabad and design aficionados from across the globe batted for a human-centric approach as the Future of Design. ADW 4.0 is a design conclave and a confluence of globally renowned design experts, thought leaders, researchers and stalwarts, organised by Karnavati …
