Several other initiatives to boost the education sector were also announced by the Union Finance Minister.
Key takeaways:
Manodarpan initiative: It would provide psychosocial support to students, teachers and families for mental health and emotional wellbeing through a website, a toll-free helpline.
A new National Curriculum and Pedagogical Framework for school education, teacher education and early childhood stage shall be prepared to prepare students and future teachers as per global benchmarks.
A National Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Mission will be launched. This will ensure that every child in the country necessarily attains literacy and numeracy of foundation level.
The learning needs of nearly 4 crore children will be covered through this mission in the age group of 3 to 11 years.
