Nirmala Sitharaman, the Union Finance Minister, is presenting the Union Budget 2023 in Parliament. The finance minister announced that, in order to focus on learning loss, a national digital library for children and adolescents will be set up. This will facilitate the availability of quality books across geographies, languages, genres, and levels, and device-agnostic accessibility.
States will be increased to set up physical libraries for them at Panchayat and at what levels, and provide infrastructure for accessing the National Digital Library resources.
The finance minister also announced that teachers’ training will be reenvisioned through innovative pedagogy, curriculum transaction, continuous professional development, dipstick survey, and iCT implementation. 157 new nursing colleges will be established and new programs will be introduced to boost medical education.
The Centre will recruit 38,800 teachers and support staff for the 740 models Eklavya Model Residential Schools which are serving 3.5 lakh tribal students over the next three years.
Key Highlights of the Education Budget 2023
One of the key highlights of the Education Budget 2023 is the announcement of three new centers of excellence for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in India. This move is a significant step forward in the government’s efforts to make India a hub for AI research and development.
These centers of excellence will be established in collaboration with industry leaders and top academic institutions and will aim to provide a world-class environment for students, researchers, and scientists to carry out cutting-edge research in the field of AI.
One of the key highlights of the Education Budget 2023 is the announcement that young people in India would be trained in industry 4.0 courses.
This is a significant step forward in the government’s efforts to ensure that India’s workforce is equipped to meet the challenges of the rapidly changing world of work. Industry 4.0 refers to the fourth industrial revolution, which is characterized by the integration of advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and robotics, into the manufacturing and production processes.
