nagpur even though the allocation for education in the union budget has been hiked academicians feel shortchanged after going through the details n g ganar mlc teachers constituency said the hike in education budget is just over 17 per cent whereas it should have been almost 100 per cent minimum the central government wants to implement the right to education rte fully without providing the necessary funding for it i would say that the government is talking about buying a chopper whereas they dont even have money for a cycle deepak bajaj a well known academician said we are disappointed that the government is not considering education as a priority and this 17 per cent increase is of no use to us for any country education sector should be a priority as it will build a base for the future needless to say that the government has to invest in it if it wants reap the benefits mahesh karajgaonkar deputy director education said the government has allocated rs48000 crore while it should have given at least rs60000 crore with this budget allocation we will not be able to deliver the goods in fact it will be tough to even maintain the current infrastructure full coverage on budget 2012 budget 2012 budget news 2012