Two-day National Workshop ‘Chintan Shivir’ inaugurated in Delhi

Nov 6, 2017, 16:36 IST

The two-day National Workshop ‘Chintan Shivir’ was inaugurated by Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar in New Delhi. The workshop was organised by Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development. The main aim of the workshop is to provide holistic education relevant for 21st century India.

Two-day National Workshop ‘Chintan Shivir’ inaugurated in Delhi
Two-day National Workshop ‘Chintan Shivir’ inaugurated in Delhi

The two-day National Workshop ‘Chintan Shivir’ was inaugurated by Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar in New Delhi on 6 November 2017.

The workshop was organised by Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Human Resource Development.

Main Aim

To provide holistic education relevant for 21st century India.

To bring together key stakeholders from various NGOs, private sector and individuals to deliberate on key themes in the education sector.

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Key Highlights

• The workshop will mainly focus on five themes - Digital education, Life Skill education, Experimental learning and Physical Education and Value education.

• The duration of the workshop would be two days.

• A total of 157 organizations/experts are expected to be making their point through presentations at the event.

• The participants will be divided theme-wise and detailed discussion would be held amongst the participants who would create an actionable roadmap that will be presented to the Union HRD Minister.

Speaking on the occasion, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar stated that the government and various other organisations working in the field of education should do content corporation and create a common digital platform to provide digital education to all the students in the country.

Besides inaugurating the workshop, the Minister also launched a Compendium on ‘Innovations and Best Practices in School Education’ and a State-NGO-CSR Portal – ‘Shaala Sarathi’ on the occasion.

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Sangeeta Nair is a news professional with 6+ years of experience in news, education, lifestyle, research and videos. She has a bachelors in History and Master in Mass Communication. At jagranjosh.com, she writes on Current Affairs. She can be reached at sangeeta.nair@jagrannewmedia.com.
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