Budget 2021 May Not Be Able to Fully Heal the Damage to Education Sector, but it Can Try
The flaws in online education, lockdown-induced dropouts and a need for infrastructure and capacity building â all these are major problems facing schooling in India.
Representative image of a girl at a Gujarat school. Photo: Reuters
Education27/Jan/2021
The last year saw the world forced into unprecedented situations of lockdown and closure due to a pandemic. In doing so, it also raised fundamental questions about policies and their impact, especially around social protection.Â
There are two themes, cutting across sectors, that came to the fore most strikingly, during this period.Â