The budget pegs Rs125 crore for appointing language teachers in 2017-18 as against Rs25 crore in the previous budget. Overall, the Union Budget 2017-18 has pegged an outlay of Rs79,685.95 crore for the education sector for financial year 2017-18, up from Rs72,394 crore in 2016-17—a 9.9% rise. ALSO READ: Union Budget 2017 in two minutes“We have proposed to introduce a system of measuring annual learning outcomes in our schools. The Indian Institutes of Technologies have been allocated Rs7,856 crore in this budget, up from around Rs5,000 crore in the last budget. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, the flagship central scheme for universalization of school education has been given Rs23,500 crore, up from Rs22,500 crore in last budget.

Source: Mint February 01, 2017 16:07 UTC