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Union Budget 2024: Employment programme gets Rs 10,000 crore; paid internship scheme, Rs 2,000 crore
Budget Speech: The internship programme will be closed to graduates of IITs, IIMs, IISERs, CA and CMA professionals.
Budget Speech 2024: Nirmala Sitharaman announces changes in skill and education loan schemes; support for youths in first jobs; paid internships in top 500 companies
Economic Survey: This is the combined education budget of the centre and states. The survey also says education will be part of a 6-pronged growth strategy for India.
2,202 scheduled caste, 1,380 scheduled tribe and 3,406 other backward classes’ posts are lying vacant. These include both teaching and non-teaching posts.
Dharmendra Pradhan maintained that the NEET 2024 paper leak was limited to one Patna centre, that there’s no evidence of paper leak in 7 years.
IIT Bombay allowed BTech, dual degree and BS students to exit early with the lower BSc Engineering qualification in 2023.
Education Budget 2024: 36% borrowing higher education institutions said grants-to-loans shift – riddled by delays, repayment flaws – wasn’t helpful; only 23% backed HEFA.
On average, 78% of institutions’ revenue is fees. A review suggested moving a large chunk of higher education institutions out of loan financing. Education ministry didn’t.
HEFA, part of PM Modi’s vision for education, aimed to raise Rs 10,000 crore to lend to institutions. Over 30% of its CSR funds were moved to PM CARES
TISS Hyderabad and Tuljapur unions were suspended just before the attempt to sack over 100 staff members; TISS Mumbai union was suspended in May.
