PM Modi to address post-budget webinar on ‘Harnessing youth power through Skilling and Education’ tomorrow

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the post-budget webinar on ‘Harnessing youth power through Skilling and Education’ tomorrow, February 25, 2023. The event will be live telecasted on the official youtube channel of the Ministry of Education at 10 am.

The post-budget webinar is part of a series of 12 post-budget webinars being organized by the government to seek ideas and suggestions for the effective implementation of the initiatives announced in the Union Budget.

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The webinar will have six breakout sessions covering both the skill and education sectors. The themes of the breakout sessions are PradhanMantriKaushalVikasYojna 4.0, Skill India Digital Platform, Skill India International Centres, National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme, and National Digital Library for Children and Adolescents and Teacher's Training.

The Union Budget adopts seven priorities which complement each other and act as the ‘Saptarishi’ guiding us through the 'AmritKaal'. Inclusive development is one of the priorities of the Government, which include Education and Skilling.

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Besides ministers and secretaries of the concerned central government ministries, a host of stakeholders drawn from Education & Skill Departments of the State Governments, industry representatives, students, teachers and faculty from schools and universities, academia and research institutions, skill development bodies, sector skill councils, ITIs, bodies like FICCI, CII, NASSCOM and others would attend these webinars and contribute through suggestions for better implementation of budgetary announcements.