Budget 2018: Edu pundits praise focus on training of teachers
The budget makes a dent in the education space but does not go far enough.
Mumbai: The government sought to revitalise the infrastructure of the schools by launching the Revitalising of Infra-structure and Systems of Education (RISE) with a total investment of Rs 1,00,000 crore. On the other hand, the several city-based students and educationists feel there is less focus given to the funds for Centrally-funded institutes, like the IIT-B and TISS, while provisions for teachers’ training and merger of school education from kindergarten to class 12 to treat education holistically tends to impress them.
“The budget makes a dent in the education space but does not go far enough. The government’s commitment to boosting teacher training and investing in technology is a step in the right direction.
However there needs to be more specificity in the end-goals of education which this spending is going to achieve,” said Madhu Agrawal, co-founder of Callido Learning LLP, a learning science and digital publishing company.
However, Mr Husien Dohadwalla, head of curriculum, feels the budget is moving towards a digitised environment in education.