Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Feb 1: Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled the Budget 2022-23 today. Sitharaman emphasised on digital education and skilling programmes in the ducation sector when presenting the budget.
FM Sitharaman said, “One class, one TV channel’ program of PM eVIDYA will be expanded from 12 to 200 TV channels. This will enable all states to provide supplementary education in regional languages for classes 1 to 12.”
Other major announcements in education sector:
- The AICTE will lead the way in upgrading urban planning courses.
- Five academic institutions in the field of urban planning will be designated as centres of excellence. Each university would receive a Rs 250 crore endowment.
- A digital university will be built to provide students from all across the country with access to world-class universal education and a tailored learning experience right at their doorstep. This will be offered in a variety of Indian languages as well as ICT formats. The institution will be developed on a hub-and-spoke network approach.
- High-quality e-content will be developed for dissemination via the internet, mobile phones, television, radio, and digital teachers in all spoken languages. Teachers will be empowered and equipped with digital teaching tools to support higher learning outcomes through a competitive system for the provision of high-quality e-content.
- Syllabi at agricultural universities will be revised to match the needs of modern farming.
- Skilling programmes will be refocused, and ITIs will begin offering skilling courses. For youth skilling, upskilling, and reskilling, the Digital DESH e-portal will be launched.
- PM eVIDYA’s “one class, one TV channel” programme will be expanded from 12 to 200 channels. As a result, all states will be able to provide extra education in regional languages for students in classes 1 to 12.
