Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam 2023
The Two-day Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Samagam 2023 from 29th to 30th July 2023 was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Prime Minister at Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. On this occasion Hon’ble PM released 1st instalment of Rs. 630 Crore under the PM SHRI Scheme to selected 6207 schools. He also released Education and skill curriculum books translated into 12 Indian languages. More than 3000 Participants attended the inaugural sessions from diverse backgrounds.
After the inaugural session, 16 thematic sessions on cross cutting themes of School Education, Higher Education and Skill Education were organised during the two-day event. Around 3000 academicians and experts attended the thematic sessions, which provided a platform for sharing of Best Practices. Separately, 27 Short interactive sessions on various themes were also organized. On this occasion, a two-day Multimedia Exhibition was organised with around 200 stalls - by institutions, organizations under the Education and Skill Ministry, industry, key stakeholders on themes like Bal-Vatika, Toy based learning, IKS, Atal Tinkering Labs, Idea Labs, Start-ups, best practices by Universities / HEIs and State/ UT etc. Around 2 lakh attendees visited exhibition. During the two-day Samagam, 106 MoUs encompassing various sectors such as higher education, school education, and skilling were signed.
Other activities included the launch of Mobile app, logo and the slogan of ULLAS (Understanding Lifelong Learning for All in Society): Nav Bharat Saksharta Karyakram. Also, 25 selected Students were offered admission to Sindhu Central University for three courses namely M Tech. in Atmospheric & Climate Science- mentored by IIT M, MA in Public Policy – mentored by IITM and MA in Energy Technology & Policy- mentored by IIT Kanpur.
10 Books under major projects of Central Institute for Classical Tamil and 7 books on Intellectual Heritage were released by the Hon’ble EM. Cultural activities were organized with participation of Volunteers of EBSB and students, etc. Hon’ble EM in the Valedictory Session announced that ABSS will be an annual affair and he also announced that 300 institutions will be developed as Centre-of-Excellence for capacity building of teachers.
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