From school infrastructure to digital learning and career readiness, does this budget pave the way for a brighter future? Let’s dive in.

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While national-level assessments provide a transparent, shared benchmark for students, the true measure of a successful education system lies in equitable support. Ganesh Kohli, founder The IC3 Movement, states that the debate between centralized and localized exams is secondary. The real focus, he states, must be on ensuring that every student, regardless of their background or school, has access to the adequate guidance and counselling required to successfully navigate their educational journey.

As artificial intelligence and globalization expand educational choices, students face unprecedented complexity in navigating their academic and career pathways. To support them effectively, high schools and universities must move beyond transactional admissions and build genuine, ongoing partnerships. Since 2016, the IC3 Movement has been creating the infrastructure for this collaboration, not through a single program or event, but through a sustained, decade-long effort to bring schools and universities into genuine dialogue. Today, that effort spans over 6,615 schools and 912 universities across 104 countries. Through its regional forums, professional development programs, research publications, and its flagship annual conference, IC3 has built one of the most active school–university communities in global education.

Ritika Singh, Executive Director of the IC3 Movement, highlights that foreign university branch campuses in India maintain the same academic standards and quality benchmarks as their parent institutions. She notes that students graduating from these Indian campuses will receive degrees equivalent to those from the university's home location, with fully aligned curricula and assessment frameworks.

In January 2026, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) took a landmark step by making school counselling mandatory across all affiliated schools. "For the first time, we have a policy that unequivocally positions counselling as an integral part of school education, not an add-on," says Ganesh Kohli, founder of the IC3 Movement, which has spent a decade building a global platform for school counselling professionals.

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