New Delhi: In the Corona era, when the entire education system is in disarray, the government is trying to keep everyone connected with education through digital or online mediums. This is the reason that the government has taken a big initiative in this direction in the budget of the financial year 2022-23. In which it has been announced to open a digital university. It will provide the option of home-based education to all with world-class quality. However, in view of the Corona crisis, along with the government’s efforts to provide immediate relief, this thinking is also going to take forward visionary thinking. The goal of the new National Education Policy of reaching 50 percent of the Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) of higher education by the year 2035 is also to be achieved. Read Arvind Pandey’s report from New Delhi
The special thing is that by connecting with this digital university from any corner of the country, studies can be carried forward. It will work to provide quality higher education through online mediums. At present, a major challenge before higher education is to have a limited number of seats for each course in universities and colleges. In such a situation, even after wanting, many times admission is not available in these courses, but this digital university will now give everyone a chance to study in their favorite course. At present, this university will be the first of its kind in the country in the field of higher education.
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- 200 TV channels will now start instead of 12 for school children deprived of studies during the Corona period
- There will be one channel in all languages and for every class from 1st to 12th
Teachers will get training for better e-content, the virtual lab will open for mathematics and science studies
The government has also taken full care of the children deprived of school education due to the closure of schools during the Corona period. Under these, taking forward the thinking of one class-one channel, it has been announced to start two hundred TV channels instead of twelve. These TV channels will be available in all major Indian languages. Also, there will be one focus channel each for classes 1 to 12. After the knock of Corona, the government started a channel for every class under PM-E Vidya. However, as fast as it was supposed to start, there were a lot of delays. Despite this, it was liked only during the Corona period. The budget has focused on improving the quality of content related to digital education. Emphasis has also been laid on setting up a mechanism for providing better training to teachers in this direction. Along with this, during the Corona period, when schools and all other educational institutions are closed, a big initiative has been taken in the direction of connecting children and researchers with the lab. Under which it has been announced to set up 750 virtual labs related to science and mathematics across the country in the financial year 2022-23.
Foreign universities will be able to start their courses in GIFT City
An important announcement has been made in the budget regarding world-class education in GIFT (Gujarat International Finance Tec-City) city. The world’s top universities and institutes will now be able to start their courses here without permission. At present, the subjects for which they have been given this permission are finance management, fintech, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, etc.
They will get direct benefits from these announcements
About 25 crore students associated with school education across the country and about four crore students associated with higher education will get direct benefits. Along with this, about 90 lakh teachers of the country will benefit from digital training to be started for teachers.
