Delhi budget 2019-20 was announced by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in Delhi Assembly on February 26, 2019. The government has allocated over 15,601crore to the education sector and announced different initiatives including two new universities, an MBA course in family business and funds for developing students’ business plans.
Sisodia in his budget speech said the allocation to the education sector is around 26 percent of the total budget.
“The education sector has the highest share of 26 percent of the total budget allocation in 2019-20. I have mentioned this several times in this House that focusing on human resource development instead of education is a big mistake, because we cannot develop our children as resources,” Sisodia, who also holds the finance portfolio, said.
The education budget includes “Rs 13,518 crore under revenue and Rs 2,083 crore under capital,” said Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.
He also said that an amount of Rs 7,818 crore is kept for implementation of various programmes, schemes and projects in the education sector in 2019-20.
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The government has allocated Rs 42 crore as seed money under the upcoming Entrepreneurship Curriculum for students of class 11 and class 12 in state-run schools and those studying in colleges and universities.
The money will be given to students to start developing their business plans. Delhi government school students from class nine to 12 will be taught the curriculum.
The government has also announced that it would introduce a new university in applied sciences, which will offer skill-based courses at different levels like, diploma, certificate, graduate and post graduate, MPhil and PhD.
The national capital will also get another university for teachers’ training, it announced.
From 2019-20 academic session, government schools will also be given Rs 5 to 7 lakh to strength its school management committees (SMCs).
The SMCs will also be given an additional amount of Rs 1 to 1.5 lakh to help teachers who want to take new initiatives to make learning better at their respective schools, the education portfolio holder Sisodia, said.
He also announced allocation of Rs 9 crore for the purpose of distributing tablets to students of class 11 and 12 in its schools of excellence and Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya.
Government school class 10 students will also be rewarded with tablets under a Pratibha fellowship, if they manage to score 80 percent.
Under the chief minister scholarship scheme, the government has also announced an annual scholarship of Rs 2,500 to government school students who scored 80 per cent and above from classes seven to 12.
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