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Post-Budget 2024: What the Education Sector Can Expect Moving Forward?

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With the Union Budget 2024 having concluded, here is a brief of everything the budget had in store for the education sector:

  1. Allocation of ₹1.48 crore for skilling, education and employment
  2. Enhancing accessibility to education, job creation, and skill development will lead to a possible boost to inclusivity and innovation.
  3. Educational loans of up to ₹10 lakh for students who want to pursue higher education from domestic universities and colleges.
  4. Establishment of medical colleges in the state of Bihar.
  5. Increased participation of women in the workforce by setting up hostels for them.
  6. Facilitation of internships for 1 crore youth in the next five years in top companies

Key Allocations and Financial Support for Educational Institutions

Some of the key allocations for educational institutions in the budget 2024 include:

  • The government has allocated ₹1.48 crore for skilling, education and employment
  • This will facilitate better accessibility to quality education
  • Financial help in setting up of new medical colleges in the state of Bihar  

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The Union Budget 2024, will affect just about every sector of the economy, including the Indian education sector. Here's what we can expect:

 

 

  • The education sector is set to bloat, projected to touch a whopping US$225 billion by FY25
  • Funding to build up infrastructure and bring education to the underprivileged
  • Policy reforms to reduce commercialised education loans
  • Industry-academia collaboration to revamp educational institutions

How the Budget Aims to Enhance Educational Infrastructure

Here is a list of some of the ways the educational infrastructure might transform after the budget 2024 provisions have been implemented;

  1. Establishment of Medical Colleges in the state of Bihar
  2. This will help strengthen healthcare infrastructure further in the state and add to the overall healthcare infrastructure development in the country
  3. Help aid in increasing the number of healthcare professionals statewide and overall as well.
  4. Upgradation of 1000 industrial training institutions in a hub and spoke arrangement
  5. Course content under the skilling program would be customised and designed depending on the skills needed in a particular industry.
  6. Setting up of the Anusandhan National Research Fund for research and prototype development.
  7. Financing of ₹1 lakh crore to help set in motion the private sector-driven research and innovation

Implications for Students, Teachers, and Parents

The budget is out with the numbers it has decided to invest in the education sector. Participants in the sector like students, teachers and parents will also be a part of the impact the sector will have post the budget. Here’s how:

For students:

  1. Better accessibility to higher education for students with financial support for loans worth ₹10 lakh
  2. E-voucher for the same will be given to 1 lakh students every year
  3. Interest grant to students annually of 3%
  4. Loans of up to ₹7.5 lakh with a guarantee from a fund backed by the government to help close to 25,000 students annually
  5. Skilling of 20 lakh youth during the 5 years
  6. Internship scheme for 1 crore youths in over 500 firms

For teachers:

  1. Possible higher participation of women in the workforce including the education sector
  2. This is facilitated by setting up of working women hostels
  3. These hostels will be set with the backing of the education industry
  4. Setting up of creches also has been proposed to help working women manage their household duties while supporting their professional growth

For parents:

  1. Greater support for parents in their old age with better-educated and upskilled children

Conclusion   (100 words content in a listicle format)

The education sector is sure to see considerable growth in the post budget 2024 fiscal year. Here’s a list of everything the budget 2024 had in store for the sector:

  1. Allocation of ₹1.48 crore for skilling, education and employment
  2. Better accessibility to education, job creation, and skill development
  3. Educational loans of up to ₹10 lakh for higher education for students in domestic institutions
  4. Establishment of medical colleges in the state of Bihar.
  5. Increased participation of women in the workforce by setting up hostels for them.
  6. Facilitation of internships for 1 crore youth in the next five years in top companies

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the key budget allocations for the education sector in 2024?

Answer Field

Some of the key allocations for the education sector in the budget 2024 include:

➔    Allocation of ₹1.48 crore for skilling, education and employment

➔    Financial help in setting up of new medical colleges in the state of Bihar 

➔    Educational loans of up to ₹10 lakh for higher education for students in domestic institutions

➔    Loans of up to ₹7.5 lakh with a guarantee from a fund backed by the government to help close to 25,000 students annually

How will the new budget policies impact primary and secondary education?

Answer Field

Some of the major impacts the education sector will have post the budget 2024 might include:

➔    Better accessibility and inclusivity in education with better budget allocation for education loans

➔    Loans of up to ₹7.5 lakh with a guarantee from a fund backed by the government to help close to 25,000 students annually

What changes can higher education institutions expect from Budget 2024?

Answer Field

Higher education will be more accessible to close to 1 lakh students every year with financial support for loans of up to 10 lakh available to students proposed when they want to study from domestic institutions. 

What initiatives are being introduced to improve rural and underprivileged education?

Answer Field

The setting up of medical colleges in the state of Bihar has been taken up to increase accessibility to medical education in the state and increase the healthcare worker force. The government has also proposed loans that will help increase accessibility to higher education for underprivileged students as well. 

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