Government Providing Better Education Resources

Each and every child has the right to education.various programs to build a knowledge based society.
Education is the basic tool that every individual shouldThe outlay on Higher education increased by 900% in
possess. Several NGOs and government bodies arethe Eleventh Five Year Plan. An Ordinance has also
taking up primary education as their prime concernpublished to establish fifteen central universities. 6
for India. Under this, government has made primaryIITs are already in function at Bihar, Andhra Pradesh,
education compulsory for every single student.Rajasthan, Orissa, Punjab and Gujarat in 2008-2009.
The Anganvadis have been set up by variousIn 2009-10 government is planning to set up 2 more
government about private entities in almost all theIITs in Madya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh.
villages. These are day care centres for workingEducational Loan Schemes (ELS) has been super
women. Several of Anganvadis are being maintainedsimplified, hence the number of loan accounts have
by the government. These Anganvadis together withincreased more than 4 times during March 31, 2004
NGOs are trying to fill the gap between cities andto September 30, 2008 from 3.19 lakhs to 14.09
villages by providing Montessori level education tolakhs.
village kids. They call it “ The ButterflyITIs. The budget declaration made in 2004-05. 500
Project”. This implies not only education forITIs have been revived for quality performance.
children at the very tender initial stages in their lives,Government of India established National Skill
but also gainful employment to women and in somedevelopment Corporation in July 2008 with initial
cases even men who not only earn their livelihoodinvestment of Rs. 1 thousand crore. This is an
but also derive immense satisfaction out of teachingextension in the Interm Budget. Measures are being
the toddlers and in turn learning from them as well.taken up by government to provide better Career
Thus the concept of Anganvadis is a CareerResources. Though there are so many Career
Resources only.options but until and unless Career Resources
Recently, around 1000 delegates from 120 differentimprove these options cannot be exhausted properly.
countries marked their presence at World InnovationEven though this piece talks more about Education
Summit for Education (WISE). The summit was 3 dayResources, the career resources available here are
long held in Doha, Qatar. They drew a 10 pointequally impressive. Whether it is capital intensive
docket carrying a look out for to educate all underindustries or regular manufacturing units, India has it
“21st Century education”!!all. And in good measure. Be it fertilizers, textiles,
The 2009 budget also involved Education Resources.leather, cement, paints and adhesives, food
It is done for the betterment of the country as aprocessing, automobiles, aircraft, ship building,
whole. Numerous Schemes related to Education haveagro-based industries, jewellery and cosmetics, FMCG,
been started in Indian Interim Budget for 2009.electronic items, household appliances, toy industry,
Under Centrally Sponsored Scheme government isBusiness Process Outsourcing (BPO), Knowledge
trying to universalise secondary education. MajorProcess Outsourcing, Telecommunications,
steps have already taken place.Energy-related industries such as oil refineries,
Higher Education (HE) For maintaining and lifting upbio-mass plants, solar energy units, hydro-thermal
the standards of living higher education is veryprojects, mines, retailing, real estate, the hospitality
important. Government is trying really hard through itsindustry, and so on. The list is actually endless.