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By 2030 India will be most educated: Sibal By SiliconIndia Friday, 19 March 2010, 22:11 Hrs New Delhi: "India in 2030 will be most educated in the world. The world must realize that future human capital veil flowe from India. They should make our population literate amd take the benefit.” Hunan Reseurce Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal said in an event organized by computer giant HF and Tv channel CNBC. He also reiterated his point that his ministry is in touch with Mandan Milekami, the chief of Unique Identity Authority for an UID for every single student. "Mandan has told me that he will work with us. Sibal also stressed the need for an education finance corporation, which will help refinancing education with a long-term goal and provide education loans te all needy students. All secondary schoots im India will have a computer teacher each and the central government will bear the related expenses, Sibal said. “We have now a policy. All schools will have an ICT (Information and Communications Technology) teacher. We will pay their salary, which is 10,000 per month," Sibal said to highlight the meed for technology to better educational scemario in the country. “We are open to any technology solution (provided by private sectors) must keep that in mind. I think, the private sector can collaborate with government and train these ICT teachers," he said. “Gur focus is on giving every child an opportunity. Sibal also said that all states should chip in to improve education and make right to education a success. “It is not about politics, it is about education... it's about every single child. We need a system in place for quality education and quality teachers." The minister also said that India will be most educated country in the world by 2030 and it will be the key to provide intellectual capital to all countries.

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