Ministry of Education organising Janbhagidari events across the country in run up to G20 4th Education Working Group meeting at Pune

Guided by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision to encourage active participation of people as a central objective of India’s G20 Presidency, the Ministry of Education is organizing a number of activities and programs to promote and support the theme of ‘Ensuring literacy and numeracy (FLN)” especially in the context of blended learning.

In accordance with this objective, the Ministry of Education in cooperation with all States and UTs is holding Janbhagidari events across the country to build awareness and generate a sense of pride among various stakeholders such as students, teachers, parents and community as a whole, regarding the G-20, National Education Policy and the FLN. In this context, they have been planned since 1^st at 15^th June 2023. The events will be widely organized across the country at state, district, block, panchaayat and school levels to engage people from all walks of life.

The Janbhagidari event would lead to the main event i.e. 4^th Education working group (4^th EdWG) discussion in Pune, Maharashtra between 19^th at 21^st June 2023 and will culminate with the Education Ministerial meeting on the 22nd^na June 2023.

The calendar of events organized by the Ministry is as follows:

• Janbhagidari awareness raising events on G20, NEP, FLN in all schools – 1^st at 15^th June 2023.
• Exhibition to showcase best practices on best practices in school education, higher education and vocational training since 17^th at 22^na June 2023 in Pune, Maharashtra.
• 2-day national conference on Foundation Literacy and Numeracy on the 17th^th and June 18, 2023.

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