| 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 should | | | | The outlay on Higher education increased by 900% in |
| possess. Several NGOs and government bodies are | | | | the Eleventh Five Year Plan. An Ordinance has also |
| taking up primary education as their prime concern | | | | published to establish fifteen central universities. 6 |
| for India. Under this, government has made primary | | | | IITs 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 various | | | | In 2009-10 government is planning to set up 2 more |
| government about private entities in almost all the | | | | IITs in Madya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. |
| villages. These are day care centres for working | | | | Educational Loan Schemes (ELS) has been super |
| women. Several of Anganvadis are being maintained | | | | simplified, hence the number of loan accounts have |
| by the government. These Anganvadis together with | | | | increased more than 4 times during March 31, 2004 |
| NGOs are trying to fill the gap between cities and | | | | to September 30, 2008 from 3.19 lakhs to 14.09 |
| villages by providing Montessori level education to | | | | lakhs. |
| village kids. They call it “ The Butterfly | | | | ITIs. The budget declaration made in 2004-05. 500 |
| Project”. This implies not only education for | | | | ITIs 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 some | | | | development Corporation in July 2008 with initial |
| cases even men who not only earn their livelihood | | | | investment of Rs. 1 thousand crore. This is an |
| but also derive immense satisfaction out of teaching | | | | extension 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 Career | | | | Resources. Though there are so many Career |
| Resources only. | | | | options but until and unless Career Resources |
| Recently, around 1000 delegates from 120 different | | | | improve these options cannot be exhausted properly. |
| countries marked their presence at World Innovation | | | | Even though this piece talks more about Education |
| Summit for Education (WISE). The summit was 3 day | | | | Resources, the career resources available here are |
| long held in Doha, Qatar. They drew a 10 point | | | | equally impressive. Whether it is capital intensive |
| docket carrying a look out for to educate all under | | | | industries 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 a | | | | processing, automobiles, aircraft, ship building, |
| whole. Numerous Schemes related to Education have | | | | agro-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 is | | | | Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Knowledge |
| trying to universalise secondary education. Major | | | | Process Outsourcing, Telecommunications, |
| steps have already taken place. | | | | Energy-related industries such as oil refineries, |
| Higher Education (HE) For maintaining and lifting up | | | | bio-mass plants, solar energy units, hydro-thermal |
| the standards of living higher education is very | | | | projects, mines, retailing, real estate, the hospitality |
| important. Government is trying really hard through its | | | | industry, and so on. The list is actually endless. |