With today’s sunset comes the D-day. Results will be announced by this time for the next government. Many promises seem like a fantasy but only time can answer how much it will be implemented.
Since both parties promise to bring change in many fields, let us look upon the fields focused on education by both parties.
BJP Manifesto 2019 “Sankalpit Bharat, Sashakt Bharat” |
| All the secondary schools under Operation Digital Board |
| Teachers training and capacity building as a key factor |
| Enable investment of 1 lakh crore in higher education through Revitalising of Infrastructure and Systems in Education (RISE) |
| Establish at least one Atal Tinkering Lab in every block |
| Under a new ‘Entrepreneurial Northeast’ scheme, provide financial support to MSMEs and for employment generation in northeastern states |
| Establishment of national institutes of teachers’ training with four-year integrated courses that would set standards for quality teachers in schools |
| Aim to establish 200 more Kendriya and Navodya Vidyalayas by 2024 |
| Increment in seats in all law, engineering, and management institutions by 50% |
| Development of online courses as a major resource for higher education |
| Incorporation of arts, culture, music universities and state-of-the-art tourism and hospitality university to also promote arts |
| Increased autonomy in institutions; 50 Institutes of Eminence (IoE) by 2024, more Indian institutes in top 500 world ranking by 2024 |
| Expansion of their launched ‘National Digital Library of India’ to also provide access to leading journals free of cost; promote a ‘Study In India’ programme |
| To bring a culture of lateral thinking and innovation through ‘Prime Minister Innovative Learning Program’ |
| ‘Study in India’ programme to bring foreign students to India |
| ‘National Policy for Reskilling and Upskilling’ to evolve a flexible and industry responsive workforce |
Congress Manifesto 2019 “We Will Deliver” |
| School Education be transferred to the State List in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution while retaining the subject of Higher Education in the Union List |
| Class I to Class XII in public schools shall be compulsory and free |
| High Importance to bring quality in education |
| Teacher training, increasing capacity and the continuing education of teachers |
| Double the allocation for Education to 6 per cent of GDP in the 5 years ending 2023-24 |
| Right to Education Act will be redesign based on the deficiencies |
| Increase the number of Kendriya Vidyalayas and Navodya Vidyalayas |
| Technology-enabled teaching methods and technology-driven in all school |
| Vocational training as a compulsory component of school education in Classes IX to XII |
| Establishment of special schools for children with special needs |
| More public universities in under-served areas |
| Restore the autonomy of colleges and universities |
| Regulation, Grading and Funding of colleges and universities to separate organisations |
| Measures to include Guest, Temporary and Contract Teachers in the regular establishment of Universities |
| Restore the 200-point roster system for appointments to central universities |
| Increase the Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) in Higher Education from the current level of 25.8 to the level of at least 40 in a period of 5 years |
| Increase the number of scholarships offered to students |
| Revive, redesign and expand the Education Loan programme |
| Congress will pass a Students Rights Bill to codify the rights and obligations of students |
