New Delhi: Experts hit to reopen the school question the step center to regulate TV channels to provide additional education to grade 1 to 12 students, and claim it will not compensate for learning losses caused by pandemics.
Presenting the Union 2022-23 budget, Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman admitted that because of the closure of the school, children, especially in rural areas, and those from scheduled caste schedules and tribes, and other weaker parts, have lost almost Two years of formal education.
Safe! You have succeeded in throwing your voters to see the results of the government have proposed the expansion of the ‘one-class TV channel’ program through 200 channels to provide additional education in regional languages ​​in schools 1 to 12.
“Losing learning two years to be compensated by preparing TV channels, really ????? It shows that we are not serious about losing our children’s learning.
Open school and get children back to study directly.
Invest school education,” Tweeted Chandrakant Lahariya, an epidemiologist and a public policy specialist who has vocal against the closure of a prolonged school.
President Yamini AIRY’s policy research center tweeted, “Kudos to finance the minister to recognize the loss from two years of school closure but really one first-class TV, e-Content is not the answer.
Are we so blind to reality on the ground?”
Mona Lisa Bal, Chair of the Kiit International School, said the budget was a hit-and-miss for the education sector.
“Although finally overcoming and recognizing learning losses, pandemics have created, the need to develop the country’s digital infrastructure is not adequately focused on the budget.
Students who are less fortunate, especially in rural areas have lost important years of education and the introduction of additional teachers is very necessary .
“Additional education can help bridge the gap mostly.
Improve the ‘one-class TV channel’ from 12 to 200 TV channels to provide additional education in regional languages ​​for class 1-12 is a welcome step but it won’t be enough,” said Bal.
The overall financial allocation for the education sector for 2022-23 has increased to Rs 1.04 Lakh Crore from RS 93.224 Crore (budget estimate) in 2021-22 as a minister who emphasizes digital education modes to reverse learning losses caused by pandemics Coronavirus.
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The revised estimate for 2021-22 is Rs 88,001 Crore.
A digital university to be built on the ‘Hub-and-Spoke’ model and the expansion of ‘one TV class’ program through 200 channels to provide additional education in regional languages ​​in school is one of the main initiatives in the education sector proposed by the Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman in its budget speech on Tuesday.
“The main impetus of this year’s budget is to digitizing higher education and it is a serious problem.
The announcement of the University of Digital and the E-Vidya PM scheme will only provide a statistical increase to GER without increasing public expenditure for education.
With a large digital divide and resources and resources and The lack of gadgets in India, there is a need for more schools and higher education institutions in the field than in the cyber space, “academics for action and development (AAD), a group of Delhi University teachers, said in a statement.
“The idea of ​​replacing human teachers with digital teachers at Digital University is not suitable for India, where great diversity among students need a different explanation for a better understanding.
Second, this will cause job cuts, while a large number of candidates who meet the requirements and qualify.
Looking for teaching work, “he added.