Education minister chairs biggest meeting on education during pandemic, Rs 5228 crore ad-hoc grants released

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal chaired a meeting with the school education secretaries of all states and UTs. This was the biggest meeting on school education during the pandemic. Check the major highlights here.

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' chaired a meeting with School Education Secretaries of all States and UTs through video conferencing to discuss the various measures adopted for management of education system during Covid-19 and the different strategies adopted for online and offline learning in schools so far and the way forward. Minister of State for Education Sanjay Dhotre; Secretary, Higher Education Amit Khare; Secretary, School Education and Literacy Smt Anita Karwal and senior officials of the Ministry were present in the meeting. Representatives from almost all the states and UTs attended the meeting including additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries and Secretaries Education Department; and with other State officials such as the State Project Directors, Director SCERT, etc. This is the biggest meeting held on school education during the pandemic.