New Delhi, Dec 16 (Inditop) It was a year of reform in the field of education. From the laudable Right to Education Act to controversial faculty quota in IITs and IIMs, the education sector remained a headline hogger across India. As the curtains come down on 2009, Inditop revisits some of the major events:
Budget boost:
After the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) came back to power, the central government announced that the social sector is its key focus and it was evident in the budget outlay. The UPA government’s focus on education fetched it 20 percent more funds this fiscal than in the previous year.
With a Rs.445-billion allocation, the education sector looked at strengthening its base. While school education got over Rs.290.9 billion, higher education bagged Rs.154.29 billion.
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