Prime Minister Narendra Modi observed that the implementation of NEP 2020 in the two years since its launch, has seen many initiatives being unrolled to achieve the objectives of access, equity, inclusivity and quality. He also stressed the need to develop a  hybrid system of online and offline learning to avoid overexposure of technology of school-going children.<br />''<br />''The Prime Minister reviewed the implementation of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, yesterday where he was apprised of the progress of formulation of National Curriculum Framework.  <br />''<br />''The Prime Minister also suggested that secondary schools with science labs should engage with farmers in their area for soil testing to create awareness about soil health.  <br />''<br />''During the meeting in New Delhi,  it was suggested that the databases maintained by Anganwadi centers should be seamlessly integrated with the school databases. Regular Health check-ups and screening for children in schools should be carried out with the help of technology.  <br />''<br />''In order to create new possibilities for life-long learning and centrally involve critical and interdisciplinary thinking in learners, the UGC has published guidelines according to which students can pursue two academic programmes simultaneously.<br />''<br />''Online, open and multi-modal learning have been promoted vigorously by both schools and higher education institutions. This initiative has helped in reducing the learning loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic and will contribute greatly in reaching education to remote and inaccessible parts of the country.<br />''<br />''During the meeting it was said that stress is being laid to multilinguality in education and testing to ensure that lack of knowledge of English does not impede the educational attainment of any student. With this objective states are publishing bilingual and trilingual textbooks at foundational level and content on DIKSHA platform has been made available in 33 Indian languages.<br />''<br />''The meeting was attended by Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Ministers of State Rajeev Chandrashekhar, Subhash Sarkar, Annapurna Devi and  Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, UGC Chairman, Chairman AICTE, Chairman NCVET, Director NCERT and other senior officials.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Talking to AIR News, Educationist Sant Chaudhary said that the new Education Policy aims to strengthen the youth of the country :</span><br />