In COVID Times, Why It is Dangerous to Mistake Information for Education
The Budget announcement every year by the Finance Minister is a big event typically followed by praise, criticism, expression of opinions by experts and conversation among people in general. Besides the usual provisions, a Digital University has been proposed to give access to world-class quality education to all students with personalised learning experience at their doorstep. The Budget also focuses on skill development and vocational education; development of content and its availability through different media like online, television and radio; PM e-Vidya programme to be extended from 12 to 200 TV channels; teachers to be trained to teach with digital tools and setting up world-class foreign universities in Gandhinagar, free from domestic regulations, to facilitate skill development in the financial services space. Among the sectors which have seen a reduced or similar allocation as last year are teacher training, adult education, scholarship for ST girls from rural areas and mid-day meal scheme. The focus on creating islands of excellence or exemplar schools does not make sense in a country which should now be moving towards providing uniform quality education to everybody.
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