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published Published on Feb 4, 2022   modified Modified on Feb 4, 2022

-The Telegraph

The Union Budget reveals glaring gaps in allocations for education

Appearances can be deceptive. On the face of it, education has been allotted Rs 1,04,278 crore — a rise of Rs 11,054 crore from 2021-2022 — in this year’s budget. However, this still amounts to just above 3 per cent of the gross domestic product, falling far short of the 6 per cent public investment recommended by the National Education Policy, 2020. Even more glaring are the gaps in allocation within the education budget. The Economic Survey released a day before the budget revealed a dire need for increasing investment in primary, upper primary and secondary levels in government schools as the pandemic has led to an influx of students who could no longer afford private schooling. This will tax an already rickety public school infrastructure even further. Yet, budget allocations to the primary sector and to the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan — India’s biggest school education scheme — had been slashed last year. Consequently, it has failed to reach even the pre-pandemic levels this year. Equally worrying has been the decision to drop the National Scheme of Incentive to Girls for Secondary Education at a time when the closure of schools because of Covid-19 has led to a spike in child marriages and human trafficking — by 27 per cent and 34 per cent, respectively. The NSIGSE had been conceived to encourage enrolment among girls from scheduled castes and scheduled tribes — marginalized segments that have already been disproportionately disadvantaged by the institutional thrust towards online education. The budgetary allocation for the mid-day meal scheme has been cut too, with children now entitled to a cooked meal only on the days when school is open. This will undoubtedly lead to more dropouts and intensify child hunger.

The pandemic exposed several gaps in the education sector, the most worrying of which was the lack of access to learning resources for large sections of the population. The budget made a big deal about investing in digitization to ensure that these gaps are filled. In reality, many of these interventions are cosmetic in nature. 

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The Telegraph, 4 February, 2022, https://www.telegraphindia.com/opinion/editorial-still-unequal-the-union-budget-reveals-glaring-gaps-in-allocations-for-education/cid/1850402


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