Education Minister Ramesh Pokriyal Nishank will hold a formal meeting with IITs, NITs, IISERs, and IISC Directors

Education Minister Ramesh Pokriyal Nishank will hold a formal meeting with IITs, NITs, IISERs and IISC Directors today

Union Minister of Education Ramesh Pokriyal Nishank will hold a special meeting with the directors of IITs, NITs, ISER & IISCs today. The Minister will review the management of Covid-19, online learning, and the latest implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. '' I will be meeting with the directors of IIT, NIT, IISER, and IISC for a discussion on COVID-19 Management, Online Learning and the latest implementation of the # NEP2020 at 11:30 tomorrow, '' he wrote in a tweet.

The Minister of Education held a general meeting with all provincial secretaries of education on May 17 to review the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic on the education sector, especially at the school level and how the lack of physical education in the sector is unprecedented. However, no call for cancellation of the Class 12 Board examination was taken at the meeting even though the class of parents and students have been demanding the cancellation of the exams due to the COVID-19 epidemic.

According to the official, broadband connection and better online infrastructure in schools were discussed at a meeting where about 50 education administrators including secretaries from various districts. "The minister has listened to suggestions on how to improve school education in the face of adversity and how the internet and TV can be used more in mainstream education in the current phase," the official said.

In April, the institute announced the postponement of the CBSE Class 12 board exams and cancelled the Class 10 exams after a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The department also postponed all higher education exams scheduled for May