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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.”
Budget 2021 | Three major omissions in the education sector
Budget 2021 fails to prioritise children’s right to education with no additional support for safe reopening of schools and re-enrolment of out-of-school children Ankit Vyas
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The year 2020 saw two historic events in Indian school education. The first was the release of a National Education Policy (NEP) after 34 years. The second was the large scale closure of schools due to COVID-19, affecting 270 million children. Thus, there were expectations that the Budget 2021 would provide financing on both fronts, to make the NEP an implementable plan, and additional resources to prevent dropouts and support safe reopening of schools.
A doctor checks the temperature of a child at a mobile clinic in Chennai. | Arun Sankar/ AFP
The Union Budget for the fiscal year 2021-’22 was supposed to be a landmark plan. The Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman had said this Budget would be unprecedented, and while we know that such grandiose labels are used every year, the circumstances this year are different.
Coming on the back of an unprecedented global pandemic that has shot the wheels off the Indian economy, clearly there was an important moment. The Budget, already weary under the constraints of a stuttering economy, had much to do and a lot of people to please. The time had come to finally make a large allocation to public investment that could spur growth.
Budget 2021 Utterly Disregards the Education Catastrophe Inflicted by COVID-19
Is it not amply clear that the fall-out from such persistent neglect of education is bound to create serious social and economic problems with long lasting effects?
Students wearing protective face masks are seen inside a classroom of a government-run school after authorities ordered schools to reopen voluntarily for classes 9 to 12, in Gurugram, India October 15, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis
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âNo surprisesâ seems to be the hashtag for this yearâs budget, as echoed by the giants of Indian industry on TV channels, as they heave sighs of relief and project hope for an economic recovery. No surprises, because the government proceeded on a mostly business as usual plan, reiterating its commitment to privatisation â albeit more openly â focussing on incentives to corporates, including labour reforms, no COVID-19 cess and plenty of other platitudes amoun