Education Ministry to host 4th & final EdWG Meeting under India's G20 presidency in Pune from 19th to 21st June

New Delhi: The Education Ministry will host the 4th and final Education Working Group (EdWG) Meeting under India's G20 presidency in Pune from the 19th to the 21st of this month. The theme of the Meeting is “Ensuring Foundation Literacy and Numeracy, especially in the context of blended learning”. The Meeting will culminate with the Education Ministerial meeting on the 22nd of June.

Briefing media in New Delhi yesterday, Secretary of Higher Education K. Sanjay Murthy said, like the previous meetings, a seminar will precede the main EdWG Meeting and it will be based on the priority area of Foundational Literacy and Numeracy.

He said, as a precursor to the G20 EdWG meeting, the Department of Higher Education is organising a Seminar in collaboration with ELSEVIER on the 16th of June at IISER, Pune. The Seminar will be held on the theme 'Accessible Science: Fostering collaboration'.

This event will convene stakeholders across the scientific community to discuss best practices for accessible Science, how accessible Science can be applied across individual nations with differing local capacities, and ways to utilise science practices to support global



progress. As of date, 14 Ministers have confirmed participation in the ministerial meeting from the UK, Italy, Brazil, China, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Singapore, Oman, Mauritius, Japan, Bangladesh, Egypt, UAE and the Netherlands.

Secretary of School Education & Literacy Sanjay Kumar informed about the various precursor events being organised by the Department of School Education and Literacy.  As a run-up to the main event, a two-day National Conference on Foundation Literacy and Numeracy, ‘Creating the Base for Lifelong Learning’ will be organised from the 17th to the 18th of June at Savitribai Phule University, Pune. 

The Conference will help identify and discuss the best practices States are adopting in creating an environment that facilitates foundational literacy and numeracy in young learners.

Secretary, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Atul Kumar Tiwari informed about the success of Jan Bhagidari in Odisha and said a similar campaign is being held based on a set of pre-identified 35 themes such as financial literacy in lead up to the 4th EDWG meeting.