Lenovo Smarter Ed Conclave: Covid showed tech crucial to learning, says Pradhan

Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday said students, teachers and the entire Indian education system demonstrated remarkable resilience in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic and the main takeaway from the pandemic was that technology will play a crucial role in how we acquire knowledge in the future.

He was speaking at a two-day education conclave, which started on Thursday to discuss the road map for the future of learning with technology and the new order of education.

Presented by Hindustan Times, the Lenovo Smarter Ed Conclave focuses on the New Education Policy (NEP), the digital divide brought to the fore by online learning during the pandemic, developments in technology in education, upskilling teachers, and encouraging interactions with decision-makers across schools and institutions of higher education.