PM Modi To Address Education Ministry's Webinar Highlighting Budget 2022 Impact On Education Sector

The main objective of the webinar is to brainstorm with experts from all walks on how to best implement the Budget announcements.

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a webinar today at 11 am arranged by the Ministry of Education and Skill Development for speedy implementation of announcements made in Union Budget 2022. 

Prime Minister in a tweet on Monday morning informed: "At 11 AM today, will be addressing a webinar on how this year’s Union Budget will have a positive impact on the education sector."

At 11 AM today, will be addressing a webinar on how this year’s Union Budget will have a positive impact on the education sector.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 21, 2022

Ministry of Education's webinar main objective is to brainstorm with experts from all walks on how to best implement the Union Budget announcements.

The webinar will have sessions on different themes of relevance and will witness the presence of officials from various ministries and state governments, industry representatives, skill development organisations, educationists, students, and other experts.

The themes identified for this webinar are ‘Digital Teacher’, ‘Digital University’, ‘Widening reach of One Class One Channel’, ‘India Specific Knowledge in Urban Planning and Design’, ‘Towards Fostering Stronger Industry-Skill Linkage’, ‘Developing Educational Institutions in GIFT City’, and ‘Strengthening Industry-Skill Linkage in AVGC’.

Seven parallel sessions will be conducted on these themes in the webinar. The main focus of the participants of the webinar will be to come up with action points, broad strategies, and timelines for the implementation of the budget announcements. 

These strategies will be in line with principles of ease of education and harnessing employment opportunities. 

The government of India is organising a series of webinars in different sectors. The aim of these webinars is to get experts from the private and public sectors, and academia and industry to work together to come up with the best-suited strategies.