NewzVille Desk
Union Minister for Education, Pralhad Joshi, inaugurated three flagship digital initiatives of Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) in New Delhi today. These include the AI-integrated Vidya Samiksha Kendra (VSK) with the ‘Samiksha’ AI Bot, KVS-Samvaad Parent Connect App and Web Portal, and the KVS Alumni Connect Portal.
Describing the initiatives as a significant step towards realising the objectives of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and advancing the vision of Digital India, the Minister congratulated the team and encouraged stakeholders to further strengthen and showcase the initiatives for wider adoption.
He called for scaling up the initiative across every Kendriya Vidyalaya, covering all classes and locations. He also encouraged stakeholders to adopt a continuous learning approach, assess outcomes, and address areas requiring improvement.
Joshi suggested that the initiative be extended beyond KVS to benefit students across the entire school education ecosystem, in collaboration with the Department of School Education and Literacy (DoSEL). Highlighting the importance of capacity-building of teachers, he suggested incorporating comprehensive teacher training data into the portal.
He stated that this should include details of training status of the teachers, training intervals, previous training records and upcoming training requirements.
He emphasised that integrating these details into an online platform would facilitate better monitoring and ensure timely training.
Secretary, DoSEL, T. K. Anil Kumar; Joint Secretary, DoSEL, Prachi Pandey; Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Vikas Gupta; and senior officials of the Ministry of Education were also present at the launch.
