The fund allocations of the Union Budget 2022–23 to education are analysed in the context of the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the education sector and the implementation of the National Education Policy, 2020.
Chandigarh, December 30
School education has been among the top performers for Punjab in facing the challenges of the Covid outbreak this year. Catering to more than 60 lakh students in approximately 25,000 schools, the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB) faced the never-seen-before challenges of enrolment, teacher training, teaching, teacher-student interaction and complacency.
And, for the first time, everything had to be done online. Besides internet on normal computers, the exercises were designed for smartphones.
The first roadblock was getting the teachers ready for computer education. The department introduced Ghar Baithe Sikhiya for digital education through TV/ radio channels and YouTube. Teachers were taught to use the Punjab Educare App and training sessions were organised at the Indian School of Business.