Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, February 23 -
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal has allocated a budget of Rs. 21,187.46 crore to the Education sector which is an increase of 15.49 percent over the revised estimates of Rs. 18,344.29 crore of the current year. CM presented the budget for 2024-25 as the finance minister in the Haryana Vidhan Sabha today.
He mentioned that the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 provides the fundamental vision for development of India as a global knowledge society. One of the key elements of the NEP is the improvement of learning competencies in the initial years of schooling, he added.
He said that the aim of Nipun Haryana Mission is to make all the students grade-level competent by grade 3 by using innovative teaching-learning material. The Mission has been implemented at grade 3 level. It is proposed to expand it to include grades 4 and 5 from academic session 2024-25, CM stated.
CM said state government propose to establish an Aviation College in Hisar to introduce higher education with all elements of aviation as the theme. The College will be affiliated to the Guru Jambeshwar University and located near the Maharaja Agrasen Hisar Airport.
He said e-libraries will be established in all Government Model Sanskriti Senior Secondary Schools in a phased manner. In the first phase, an amount of Rs. 25 lakh each will be allocated to one such school in every block. The e-libraries will enable the student to obtain access to the wealth of knowledge and improve learning outcomes.
He said that the Scheme is available to all the students from class 1 to 12 where distance of the school from their home is more than one kilometre. The Scheme is initially being implemented in one Block in each district and then expanded to all Blocks thereafter, he added.
He said that in order to make college students employable, over 50 employment-oriented courses have been started in Government colleges. Higher Education Institutions have signed over 300 MoUs with various industries for improving the employability of students, he added. He said that the Government proposes to install solar power supply systems in all institutes including colleges, polytechnics and ITIs.