19 increase for education sector

From the Rs 61,427 allocated,it is implementation of the Right to Education RTE Act that corners the lions share Rs 25,555 crore has been sanctioned for the SSA,which operates as a financing channel for RTE. SSA allocation,in fact,is up by nearly 40 per cent from the Rs 15,000 crore it was given in 2010-11.

Rs 11,937 crore will go to the Mid Day Meal scheme,which is credited with pushing up enrolment in primary schools,and Rs 3,124 crore will be pumped into the RMSA,which seeks to expand access and increase enrolment in secondary education. Rs 1,080 crore has been set aside for setting up of 6,000 model schools in educationally backward blocks.

The government refrained from announcing any major new programme or scheme for education. A Rs 15,000 crore budget for higher education,to be shared by IITs,IIMs,NITs,IISERs and Central universities,as it is leaves any scope for new projects in the higher education sector.