This is an increase of ₹4,203.25 crore compared to the budget allocation for 2023-24 when the school education department was allocated ₹68804.85 crore.
The Interim Budget 2024 made no big-bang announcements, but it continued its focus on infrastructure upgrades and building connectivity across the country
Budget 2021 endangers decades of work to ensure the Right to Education
Instead of increasing allocations to strengthen an inclusive public education system, the government is paving the way for privatisation and Public Private Part Feb 03, 2021 · 07:30 am Schoolchildren, who have missed their online classes due to a lack of internet facilities, listen to pre-recorded lessons over loudspeakers, in Dandwal village in Maharashtra. | Prashant Waydande/Reuters
Nine-year-old Shaiba Parveen of Topsia, Kolkata, sat inside her ramshackle hut recently ravaged by Cyclone Amphan, waiting to go back to her school. Sitting on the edge of her bed, she told us the name of her school with an excited squeal: “Topsia Friends Society. I used to go there every day to study, meet my friends.”