Budget 2023: Over 38,000 teachers to be recruited for Eklavaya Model Residential Schools

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget 2023 in Parliament on Wednesday with a special focus on education and employment across the nation. She announced that under the Eklavaya Model Residential Schools programme, the Centre will recruit 38,800 teachers and support staff over the next three years for 740 schools serving 3.5 lakh tribal students.

In her Budget 2023 speech, FM Sitharaman stressed on the need to re-envision teacher training. :Teacher training will be envisioned through innovative pedagogy, continuous professional development, curriculum transaction and ICT implementation,” she said in her Budget address.

The Finance Minister also announced that a National Digital Library for children and adolescents will be set up for facilitating the availability of quality books across geographies, languages, genres and levels and device-agnostic accessibility.