Centre and Jammu and Kashmir Government have resolved to use education as a tool to bring normalcy to the state. The Central and State Governments signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the 65th Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) meeting in New Delhi yesterday. <br/><br/>Speaking on the occasion, HRD School Education Secretary Anil Swarup said that the government is engaging with the state to mainstream children and use education as a tool to bring normalcy. Mr Swarup said the State Government had also agreed to look at the NCERT curriculum for convergence and more schools from Jammu and Kashmir were seeking CBSE affiliation.<br/>The two governments have planned a number of measures, including an exchange programme involving 9,000 to 10,000 students from the state from January 18 and setting up ICT and digital platforms in the state's schools. <br/><br/>The roadmap will be implemented in three years with the goal of bringing a major improvement in learning levels of students by 2020. It comprises a comprehensive framework, including human resource management to quality interventions. <br/><br/>The roadmap has identified high priority areas, including restructuring of state teacher education institutes, created integrated data management information system and curriculum revision.<br/>