Union Budget 2023 :New Education Policy, Education, Job, Apprenticeship, AI, Teacher's Training ....
Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister for Education, Skill Development, and Entrepreneurship, acclaimed the Union Budget 2023–24 as being inclusive, people-focused, and growth-stimulating.
- Eklavya Model Residential Schools.
- National Digital Library for Children and Adolescents.
- Teachers’ Training.
- Multidisciplinary courses for medical devices.
- Youth Power (‘Amrit Peedhi)
- Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0
- Skill India Digital Platform.
- National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme
- PM SHRI scheme
- PM POSHAN
- Samagra Shiksha scheme
- Centres of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence
Ministry of Education
He emphasized the amount of Rs 112899.47 crore is allocated to the Ministry of Education. According to him, the budgetary allocation increased by 13% (over revised estimates), or 13,018.34 crore, from FY 2022–23. For The Department of Higher Education will be allocated 44,094.62 crore, while the Department of School Education will receive Rs 68,804.85 crore.
The following highlights from the budget speech that related to the Ministry of education are listed:
We have developed the National Education Policy, placed an emphasis on skill development, adopted economic measures that facilitate large-scale job creation, and supported business opportunities in order to empower our youth and assist the "Amrit Peedhi" in realizing their dreams.
Teachers’ Training:
Through the use of innovative pedagogy, curriculum change, ongoing professional development, dipstick surveys, and ICT implementation, teachers' training will be reimagined. For this reason, the District Institutes of Education and Training will grow into thriving centers of excellence.
National Digital Library for Children and Adolescents:
The establishment of a National Digital Library for Children and Adolescents to facilitate the accessibility of high-quality books across platforms and geographies, languages, genres, and reading levels. States will be urged to establish real libraries at the ward and panchayat levels.
The National Book Trust, Children's Book Trust, and other sources will be urged to provide and replenish non-curricular titles in regional languages and English to these physical libraries in order to foster a culture of reading and make up for learning loss during the pandemic. This initiative will also involve cooperation with non-governmental organizations that promote literacy. Financial sector regulators and organizations will be urged to supply these libraries with age-appropriate reading material in order to promote financial literacy.
National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme:
Budget 2022–2023 highlights include the Department of School Education and Literacy:
The Department of School Education & Literacy's budget allocation increased overall by Rs 9752.07 crore (16.51%) from FY 2022-23 to FY 2023-24. (RE).
The total budgetary allotment for FY 2023–24 is Rs 68804.85 crore, of which Rs 54374.48 crore is allocated to programs, and Rs 14430.37 crore is allocated to non–programmatic programs.
The flagship PM Poshan program's budget allocation for FY 2023–2024 increased by Rs. 1366.25 crore (13.35%) from Rs. 10233.75 crore in BE 2022–2024 to Rs. 11600.00 crore in BE 2023–2024.
In the PM SHRI scheme, the budgetary allotment for FY 2023–24 has increased by Rs 2200.00 crore (122.22%) from Rs 1800.00 crore in BE 2022–23 to Rs 4000.00 crore in BE 2023–24. The plan allows for the establishment of more than 14500 PM SHRI Schools (PM Schools for Rising India) by enhancing the current schools from among those run by the central, state, and local governments. The proposed timeframe for the scheme is 2022–2023 to 2026–2027. The program is anticipated to directly benefit more than 20 lakh students. Schools run by PM SHRI will demonstrate how the National Education Policy 2020 is being implemented, become model schools over time, and serve as role models for other schools in the neighborhood by offering high-quality instruction in a welcoming, equitable, and inclusive environment that considers students' varied backgrounds, linguistic needs, and academic abilities and engages them in the learning process.
From Rs 550.00 crore in BE 2022-23 to Rs 800.00 crore in BE 2023-24, the budget allotted for the World Bank-aided Scheme of STARS has increased by Rs 250.00 crore (45.45%).
The NILP budget allocation for FY 2023–24 has increased by Rs 30.00 cr (23.62%) from Rs 127.00 cr in BE 2022–23 to Rs 157.00 cr in BE 2023–24.
The flagship Samagra Shiksha scheme's budget allocation for FY 2023–24 increased by Rs. 70.11 crore (0.18%) from Rs. 37383.36 crore in BE 2022–23 to Rs. 37453.47 crore in BE 2023–24.
The allocation for KVS increased by Rs 713.98 crore (9.33%) (from Rs 7650.00 crore in BE 2022-23 to Rs 8363.98 crore in BE 2023-24), and for NVS it increased by Rs 1371.50 crore (33.32%). (from Rs 4115.00 crore in BE 2022-23 to Rs 5486.50 crore in BE 2023-24).
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Budget 2023–2024 highlights include the Department of Higher Education:
An amount of Rs 44,094.62 crore has been allocated for higher education in BE 2023–24 as opposed to Rs 40,828.35 crore in RE 2022–23, an increase of 8%.
The best institutions and universities in the nation have received an additional Rs 4235.74 crore from the central government, a 12.8% increase over their allotment from the previous year, in order to implement the NEP 2020 in its entirety.
The grant or UGC in BE 2023-24 has been increased by 9.37 percent i.e. increment of 459 crore.
In comparison to BE 2022–23, grants to Central University have increased by 17.66%, those to Deemed Universities by 27%, those to IITs by 14%, and those to NITs by 10.5%. The IISC Bangalore has also received a 15% increase.
For the Prime Minister Research Fellowship (PMRF), an amount of Rs 400 crore has been provided in BE 2023–24, a 100% increase from the amount in BE 2022–23.
Centres of Excellence for Artificial Intelligence:
To "Make AI in India and Make AI work for India," 3 Centers of Excellence will be established in educational institutions. NEP acknowledges the impact of AI across all economic sectors, which will call for a new workforce skill set. Agriculture, health care, automobiles, cyber security, smart home and city infrastructure, data analysis, speech recognition, customer service, automated stock trading, online shopping, machine translation, and digital personal assistance are just a few of the industries that AI has a significant impact on.
CoEs will put the NEP 2020 vision of interdisciplinary research in sustainable cities, health, and agriculture into action. As a result, leading academic institutions will be better able to translate research into cutting-edge technology and replicate it into marketable problem-solving for a nation with our size and diversity.
A national data governance policy will be released in order to unleash innovation and research by start-ups and academia. This will make anonymized data accessible and promote "Anusandhan" among HEIs.
To realize a new range of opportunities, business models, and employment potential, 100 labs for developing apps using 5G services will be set up in HEIs. Apps like Smart Classrooms, Precision Farming, Intelligent Transport Systems, and Healthcare are just a few of the topics covered in the labs. This government has been attempting to transform engineering education by introducing courses in developing industries and making the approach multidisciplinary in engineering institutions across the nation, not just in IITs, NITs, and IISERs, etc. 100 labs in engineering schools focusing on 5G technology-related applications will boost employment, start-ups, and businesses as well as encourage young engineers to be innovative and entrepreneurial.
The FM announced that one of the IITs will receive a research and development grant for the domestic production of Lab Grown Diamond (LGD) seeds and machinery for 5 years in recognition of the IITs' pioneering role in the country's research excellence. With a direct impact on exports, employment creation, and India's share of global trade in this sector, this will ensure an industry-led research and innovation effort.
Sources :- "https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/budget_speech.pdf"
