Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam 2024

The Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam 2024 was held on July 29, 2024, to mark the fourth anniversary of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. Minister of State for Education & Minister of State (IC), Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Shri Jayant Chaudhary and Minister of State for Education & Development of North Eastern Region, Dr. Sukanta Majumdar were present at the event. Shri. K. Sanjay Murthy, Secretary, Department of Higher Education; Shri Sanjay Kumar, Secretary, Department of School Education & Literacy also attended the event.

More than 1,200 participants attended the inaugural session followed by six thematic sessions related to school and higher education organized on ‘Importance of Sustainability in Education Curriculum, Job Prospects, Industry-academia Collaboration’, ‘PM SHRI (School Education & Skilling)’, ‘Role of HEIs in promoting STEM & enhancing GER through Vidyashakti’, ‘Equivalence of Curriculum and Assessment across all School Boards’, ‘Role of Ranking and Accreditation in Enhancing Quality’ and ‘NCF-FS and NCF-SE Salient Features and Implementation Roadmap’, with panelists from diverse backgrounds.

Participants included State Education Secretaries, State Program Directors of SSA & RUSA, SCERT Directors, Students from KV, JNV, CBSE schools, Colleges / Universities, Regional Officers, School Principals and teachers; VCs of Central Universities, State Universities, Private Universities and Deemed to be Universities, Directors from IITs, IIITs, NITs, IISERs, IISc, IIMs, SPAs, NITTTRs, other CFTIs, Experts from Industries, Officers of DoSEL, DoHE, NCERT, CBSE, UGC, AICTE, NETF, NIEPA, Officials from other Ministries participated in the program.