Budget 2018: Time for India to build skills via enabling education infra

It is imperative for the country to ensure the development of requisite skills to reap its demographic dividend advantage, and Budget 2018 could play a very important role in this

At a time when India is poised to become the fastest-growing economy in the world in the year 2018, it is imperative for the country to ensure the development of requisite skills to reap its demographic dividend advantage. And, in this, Budget 2018 could play a very important role.

To achieve the building of skills, there is a need to gear our education system to focus on learning outcomes and teachers’ training which are key to capacity building. 

For India to be able to leverage its strengths and opportunities on a global scale, it needs to undertake significant