Education gets highest allocation of ₹41,273 crore

THE highest budget allocation of ₹41,273 is for the education sector.

- Diana Sahu @Bhubaneswar

While the budget allocation for school education is ₹31,000 crore, an increase of 18 per cent over the previous year, the rest is for higher education.

The enhancement in school budget is in wake of the state deciding to roll out the National Education Policy (NEP)-2020 from the ensuing academic session.

Under this, 45,000 pre-primary classes called Sishu Vatikas will be opened in all primary schools. As far as early childhood education in mother tongue is concerned, the state is going to launch 'Aame Padhiba Aama Bhasare', which will be in alignment with the NEP.