Gujarat: The National Education Ministers' Conference is being held in Gujarat from June 1 till June 2, 2022 as informed by the Ministry of Education.
The conference invited the Education Ministers of States and Union Territories to participate. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan along with MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar, MoS Annapurna Devi, MoS Subhash Sarkar and senior officials of the Ministry of Education participated in the meeting.
Deliberations on strengthening the education ecosystem in the country with a focus on the implementation of National Education Policy 2020 are a part of this conference.
The skilling in schools and digital initiatives like National Digital Education Architecture (NDEAR), National Educational Technology Forum (NETF), etc, are to be discussed as well.
The Ministers visited Vidya Samiksha Kendra (VSK) where Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan suggested Govt. of Gujarat to conduct workshops to learn about the best practices in governance & technology-enabled learning from all states/UTs to improve learning outcomes across India.
At the Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics (BISAG), the Education Minister called for a collaborative approach among all stakeholders for developing e-content for all classes from Balvatika to Class 12, including in local languages. The facility was encouraged to develop audio-visual content to boost learning.
The Ministers also visited the National Forensic Science University (NFSU) and International Automobile Centre of Excellence (iACE) on June 1, 2022.
