On Monday, February 21, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will speak at a webinar hosted by the Ministry of Education on the implementation of the Union Budget 2022-23. "At 11 a.m. today, I will address a webinar on how this year's Union Budget will benefit the education sector," PM tweeted.
The webinar will include sessions on various relevant topics and will feature government officials from various ministries and state governments, industry representatives, skill development organisations, educationists, students, and other experts. According to an official statement, the goal of the webinar is to brainstorm with experts from the public and private sectors, academia, and industry to identify strategies for moving forward with various issues under consideration.

Under the identified themes, seven parallel breakout sessions will be held. The participating teams will identify action points, broad strategies, and timelines for implementation in accordance with the principles of ease of education and a focus on harnessing employment opportunities.

The themes identified for the webinar are:

1. Digital University: Making World Class Higher Education Accessible for All
2. The Digital Teacher: Creating quality e-content and Virtual Labs for Inclusivity, Better Learning Outcomes and Skilling
3. Widening Reach of One Class One Channel: Reaching Quality Digital Education to the Farthest Corner
4. India Specific Knowledge in Urban Planning and Design
5. Towards Fostering Stronger Industry-Skill Linkage
6. Developing Educational Institutions in GIFT City
7. Strengthening Industry-Skill Linkage in AVGC.    

This year's Union Budget announced the establishment of a new Digital University to provide students across the country with access to world-class quality universal education with personalised learning experiences right at their doorsteps. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman also announced the establishment of 750 virtual labs in science and mathematics to foster critical thinking skills.