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NEP 2020 Goals at Risk Without Higher Spending, Says Parliamentary Committee
The Parliamentary Committee has recommended increasing the education budget to 6% of GDP to achieve the goals of the New Education Policy. The Committee expressed concern over the 1.17 million out-of-school children and 110,000 single-teacher schools.
The Parliamentary Committee on Education expressed that without a larger education budget, they cannot achieve the goals set by the new National Education Policy. The members were happy to see that both Centre and state budgets were increased in recent years, but more increases are required.
The Centre and State Governments should jointly formulate a plan to spend 6% of GDP on Education by 2030. The committee, led by senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Digvijay Singh, has submitted this recommendation in their report on Wednesday.
According to the committee, 4.12 percent of GDP was spent on school education in 2024-25, while approximately four percent of GDP was spent on higher education. The committee expressed concern about the 1.17 million children out of school and recommended that necessary steps be taken to connect them with schooling.
