Budget 2018: Education sector to get a boost by up to 14%

The increased budget is expected to benefit 250 million students in 1.5 million schools across the country

The education sector is slated to get the much-needed boost with school education expected to get a rise by upto 14% in the last full budget of the Modi government before the general elections. The increased budgetary allocation will be utilised for accelerating schemes which are already up and running, as well for quality improvement Livemint reported on Tuesday.  

Budget allocation for the school sector in 2018 budget was Rs 463.56 billion.

Quoting two officials requesting anonymity, Livemint reported that the Mid-day mean scheme and Right to Education are likely to get higher allocation then the previous year.

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