Union Budget 2021: Did it meet the expectations of the Education Sector?
By IANS |
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Tue, Feb 2 2021 14:06 IST |
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New Delhi, Feb 2 : The Union Budget 2021, the first-ever paperless budget was announced by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman yesterday. While a lot of prominence was given to the revival of all the sectors, post COVID-19; the overall reaction from the education sector was lukewarm. The sector felt that the budget fell a bit short on capitalizing on the opportunity to build momentum for digitization in Indian education that could have had far-reaching benefits for the young population.
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B-schools rewriting curriculum in post-Covid era (File)
The pandemic has forced several business schools to rewrite their curriculum to move forward in the new session. In the last one year, several institutes have made efforts to promote social connection and learning online a habit. Now, business schools are rewriting their curriculum according to the time to make the learning process for budding managers more holistic and inclusive, with technology at its centre.
To foster analytical and critical thinking abilities of students and help them make data-based decisions and inculcate cross-cultural perspectives so they can function seamlessly in a global business environment, business schools are focusing majorly on working on real-time projects with industry professionals to give students firsthand experience of the real-world scenarios. Several institutions have introduced business simulation gaming as an important criterion with a weightage of 20 per cent