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PMO all for education reforms; HRD not
Posted Date: 04 Sep 2007 Resource Type: Articles/Knowledge Sharing Category: General
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Posted By: Niyaz Member Level: Gold
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Differences between the PMO and the HRD Ministry have held up finalising of the 11th plan education targets. The PMO wants allocation to be likened to specific reforms, a move the HRD ministry opposes, reports CNBC-TV18.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may want his government to spend more on sending these children to school, but it seem his ambitious plans on education have got caught in the crossfire between him and cabinet colleague, Arjun Singh.
The prime minister wants increased allocation to the education sector, but wants the money to be given to the HRD ministry only if the ministry undertakes specific reform measures, something that the HRD ministry is not comfortable with.
One of the key reform demands of the PMO is that apex educational institutions like AICTE and UGC be restructured and their functioning be made more transparent and accountable. This move doesn't have the backing of all the members of the planning commission.
The PMO also seems keen that private sector funding be allowed in those universities and institutes of higher learning that are not funded by the UGC, this the HRD Ministry is reportedly opposed to.
Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Dy Chairman at the Planning Commission said, "I think private sector participation is important. We need world class educational facilities and I think the private sector should participate in facilitating the emergence of such world class educational facilities."
But the real bad news for students is that fees for all central government institutes may go up steeply. The government says it's important that atleast 20% of the operating costs of such institutes be met and so students could end up paying more.
And it's not just students, but the government who will also have to fund its ambitious educational plans.
The total proposed allocation to education may go up to Rs 2,36,997 crore in the 11th plan, a 4-fold increase from Rs 54,238 crore in the 10th plan.
But even this amount will not be enough to take the spend on education to 6% of GDP as promised in the Common Minimum Programme.
We also learn the Finance Ministry has proposed lowering the allocations. Meanwhile, the much expected full Planning Commission meeting on education has again been postponed and if the plans are not finalised soon, the UPA may have a political cost to pay for it.
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