Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today said the entire education system of the country is being revamped to make India a knowledge power by 2020. Addressing the 92nd convocation of the Banaras Hindu University, he said, Government is doing a revamp of the entire education system on a holistic and systematic basis.<br/><br/>Mr Sibal said, the government is committed to investing more, much more on education than ever before. He said, the eleventh five year plan (2007-12) is virtually a national education plan with more than five-fold increase in spending on education. The plan allocation for education has been stepped up from around 7.7 per cent of budgetary support in the 10th plan to over 19 per cent in the 11th plan.<br/><br/>The Minister said, until recently only 12 out of 100 children, who passed high school, became graduates and asserted that this number must swell to at least 30 graduates.<br/>
News On AIR | March 7, 2010 5:25 PM
Country's education under revamp: Sibal