Union HRD Minister Calls for Innovative Methods in Education; Distributes NUEPA Awards to District and Block Level Education Officers

The Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Smt Smriti Irani presented the awards to the District and Block level Education Officers for innovations in Educational Administration at a function here today, organized by National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA). While speaking at the function, the Union HRD Minister said that the minds of school children could be ignited through the use of new and innovative methods in the field of education. For this, she suggested the use of EDU-SAT - ICT Enabled Technology in schools. She also mentioned that in Kendriya Vidyalaya Schools, the programme called IGNITING MINDS will be able to connect the young minds with the prominent scientists across the country as well as abroad.