Despite the claims by the Finance Minister, nothing much is being done by the current government for education as the following statment by Nandan Nilekani of Infosys suggests. The statment by our Prime Minister on the other hand clearly suggests that for the government, education has a lower priority than giving away loan waivers ( Rs 60000 crores) to farmers.
"Higher education is a dark spot. Though FM has enhanced allocation for education, he hasn’t done much for higher education. Starting a few IITs is not going to make much difference to the country. Bold steps are called for to open the sector. While steps have been announced to invest in skills development and education, clearly they are timid.” Nandan Nilekani, Economic Times, March 1
“We are very keen to do more in these areas but we have our resource constraints. So we cannot do everything at one go.” Manmohan Singh, Economic Times, March
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