Education Minister to meet all State Education Secretaries on May 17

NEW DELHI: Union Education Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ will hold a meeting with education secretaries of all the states on May 17, 2021, at 11 AM. The meeting will be organized virtually in online mode. In this meeting, the education minister will review the impact of COVID-19 in the education sector. Along with this, he will also review the online education and implementation of the New Education Policy (NEP 2020) in the country.

According to a tweet by the Ministry of Education, the minister of education, Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' will be attending a virtual meeting with all states' Education Secretaries on May 17, 2021 at 11 AM. "The objective of the meeting is to review the #COVID situation, online education, and work around NEP.”

Check the education ministry's tweet below:

Minister of Education, Government of India Shri @DrRPNishank will be virtually attending a meeting with State Education Secretaries on 17th May 2021 at 11 AM. The objective of the meeting is to review the #COVID situation, online education, and work around NEP. pic.twitter.com/gnC1paqsGk

— Ministry of Education (@EduMinOfIndia) May 16, 2021

In the wake of COVID-19, Class 10th exams of many states have been cancelled including CBSE. Class 12 exams stand postponed for CBSE and most of the states. Students are demanding to cancel the CBSE 12th exams 2021, due to the current situation. The CBSE board will review the situation on June 1 and will take a decision thereafter.

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