The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi on July 29, 2021 addressed policy makers in the domain of education and skill development to mark the completion of one year of reforms under the National Education Policy 2020. He also launched the following multiple initiatives in the education sector:
- Academic Bank of Credit that will provide multiple entry and exit options for students in Higher education;
- 1st Year Engineering Programmes in Regional Languages and Guidelines for Internationalization of Higher Education.
- Vidya Pravesh, a three month play based school preparation module for Grade 1 students;
- Indian Sign Language as a Subject at secondary level;
- NISHTHA 2.0, an integrated programme of teacher training designed by NCERT;
- SAFAL (Structured Assessment For Analyzing Learning Levels), a competency based assessment framework for Grades 3, 5 and 8 in CBSE schools;
- National Digital Education Architecture (NDEAR) and National Education Technology Forum (NETF) were also launched.
