Education Minister suggests providing digital devices for secondary school students

Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal has suggested that all students in secondary schools should be provided with digital devices amid Covid-19 pandemic.

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal has suggested that all secondary school students should be provided with digital devices for online education as the schools and educational institutes remain closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The State Education Secretaries Meeting was held to review the #COVID situation, online education, and work around NEP. Education is the top priority and as instructed by the Government of India, a COVID action plan to ensure uninterrupted education is required. pic.twitter.com/DrXgNzcoM1 The education minister conducted a meeting with all the state education secretaries yesterday where he suggested that all secondary school students should be provided with digital devices to make online learning more accessible during the pandemic. Apart from the status of online education during the lockdown, the education minister also discussed the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP 2020) in schools during the meeting. He will also be meeting with the VCs of Central Universities soon.