Initiatives taken by School Education Department during COVID 19 

Union Education Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ virtually has released a compilation of initiatives taken by School Education Department during COVID 19 pandemic.

The Minister informed that in the year 2020-21, the COVID 19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented public health emergency, affecting almost all countries and territories globally. He also informed that the pandemic has led to severe disruptions in normal life, and has affected children and schools in the country.

Releasing the compilation, Shri Pokhriyal highlighted that Department of School Education & Literacy has taken several initiatives such as PM e-Vidya, Pragyata Guidelines, Manodarpan for Psycho-social support, E-Content, Alternative Academic Calender to make sure that the school going students don’t lag behind in their studies during COVID-19 pandemic. He expressed his happiness that these initiatives have contributed a lot in reducing the impact of the pandemic. Ministry has come out with several measures to remodel and re-imagine the way teaching and learning have happened so far. The Minister praised the efforts of the officials of the Ministry to introduce many new suitable methods of delivering quality education through a healthy mix of schooling at home and schooling at school.