Union Budget 2018, Highlights of Education

New Delhi, Feb 01: The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the GOVT to increase digital intensity in education. Technology to be the biggest driver in improving quality of education

Rs. 1 lakh crore allocated to revitalization and up-gradation of the education sector. Promoting learning based outcomes and research.

By 2022, every block with more than 50 per cent ST population will have Ekalvya schools at par with Navodaya Vidyalayas

Aims to move from black board to digital board schools by 2022.



Govt will identify 1000 Btech students each years and provide them to do PHDs in IIT and IISc, while also teaching undergraduate students once a week at that time.