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Budget 2021: What does a dip in budget allocation mean for the future of education?

Budget 2021: What does a dip in budget allocation mean for the future of education?

Keeping the vision of universalised higher education of NEP intact, the Budget focuses on creating a regulatory mechanism to permit dual degrees, joint degrees, twinning arrangements and other such mechanisms. While collaborations with the United Arab Emirates and Japan, adding more rural schools and strengthening the national apprenticeship programme have been welcome changes, industry experts expected more.”A lot more could have been done to build India’s education sector as per the goals set out by NEP 2020. For instance, increased allocation of funds up to six percent of GDP (as recommended by expert committees), opening the sector to private for-profit investors and allowing foreign universities to set up campuses in India were great opportunities which were missed in this Budget.” – Akhil Shahani, Managing Director, Thadomal Shahani Centre for Management, Shahani Group and Ask.Careers,

Read full article: https://www.forbesindia.com/article/budget-2021/budget-2021-what-does-a-dip-in-budget-allocation-mean-for-the-future-of-education/66189/1

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