Budget 2018: How Jaitley turned classroom blackboards into 'digital boards'

The finance minister's emphasis on the need to move away from blackboards to digital boards signifies the role that technology must play in improving the quality of education

Every year, there is much anticipation across industry sectors around the announcements of the Union Budget. Everyone wants to know what’s in store for them. However, for the first time in several years, it was heartening to hear Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as he highlighted in the Union Budget for 2018-19 the government’s focus towards improving the quality of education by integrating technology. His emphasis on the need to move away from “blackboards” to “digital boards” signifies the role that technology must play in improving the quality of education.
 
Unlike previous years, when the government’s push remained on improving