<span style="color: #222222;">Education Minister  Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' virtually released a compilation of initiatives undertaken by the School Education Department during COVID-19 pandemic in New Delhi today.<br />'' <br />'' Releasing the compilation, Mr  Pokhriyal highlighted that Department of School Education and  Literacy has taken several initiatives including  PM e-Vidya, Pragyata Guidelines, Manodarpan for Psycho-social support, Alternative Academic Calendar to ensure that the school going students do not lag behind in their studies during COVID-19 pandemic. He  expressed happiness that these initiatives have contributed a lot in mitigating the impact of the pandemic.<br />'' <br />''<br />''He said, the  Ministry has come out with several measures to remodel and re-imagine the way teaching and learning have happened so far. Mr Pokhriyal  lauded the efforts of the officials of the Ministry to introduce many new suitable methods of delivering quality education through a healthy mix of schooling at home and schooling at school.</span><br />