Union Budget 2025: Focus on AI centre, infrastructure at IITs, STEM labs

NEW DELHI: Broadband connectivity for government secondary schools, a centre of excellence for artificial intelligence and the expansion of five new IITs are among the key announcements related to the education sector made in the Union Budget 2025-26 Speech on February 1.

The total budget for education for the 2025-26 financial year (FY) stands at Rs 1,28,650 crore – Rs 78,572 crore for the Department of School Education and Literacy and Rs 50,078 crore for the Department of Higher Education.