Educationists and experts stated on Saturday that the Central budget has disappointed the educational sector by decreasing the funding and questioned how the excellence could be achieved with reduced allocations.
Noted academician Prof Haragopal said that the budget allocation for education has been decreased to Rs 64, 000 crores compared to Rs 90, 000 crores in the previous. “This budget is disappointing and disturbing to the large extent as far as the education is concerned”, he lamented.
He said that Centre speaks of national development without providing any facilities and allocations for the higher education in the country. He said, “While we say that not a single University from the country is listed among top 100 institutions across the globe and on the other hand we don’t have funds to spend for higher education.”
He asked how the Central government would achieve the goal of excellence in education by decreasing the budget allocations. Haragopal said that if government wants poor to be educated it should have increased the funding for higher education.
With the funds allocated to education this time the very existence of Right to Education (RTE) would be jeopardized. He said that there was a lot of competition from private universities to the public sector universities. Noted educationist Prof Kancha Ilaih said that Centre did not want to invest in the higher education and it did not want to encourage higher education due to its cynical ideology.
He said that while the government claimed taking up several developmental activities for higher education, the budget did not reflect the same. He said that the higher education sector in India would see a decline with this budget. He asked how Make in India and skill development would be possible with such a meager allocation that too, decreased compared to the previous year.
Noted academician Prof Haragopal said that the budget allocation for education has been decreased to Rs 64, 000 crores compared to Rs 90, 000 crores in the previous. “This budget is disappointing and disturbing to the large extent as far as the education is concerned”, he lamented.
He said that Centre speaks of national development without providing any facilities and allocations for the higher education in the country. He said, “While we say that not a single University from the country is listed among top 100 institutions across the globe and on the other hand we don’t have funds to spend for higher education.”
He asked how the Central government would achieve the goal of excellence in education by decreasing the budget allocations. Haragopal said that if government wants poor to be educated it should have increased the funding for higher education.
With the funds allocated to education this time the very existence of Right to Education (RTE) would be jeopardized. He said that there was a lot of competition from private universities to the public sector universities. Noted educationist Prof Kancha Ilaih said that Centre did not want to invest in the higher education and it did not want to encourage higher education due to its cynical ideology.
He said that while the government claimed taking up several developmental activities for higher education, the budget did not reflect the same. He said that the higher education sector in India would see a decline with this budget. He asked how Make in India and skill development would be possible with such a meager allocation that too, decreased compared to the previous year.
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