<span style="color: #222222;">In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Principal Secretary, School Education and Skill Development, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon today chaired a meeting regarding constitution of Task Force for implementation of National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Threadbare discussion was held on National Educational Policy 2020 in the context of Jammu and Kashmir and mechanism to be devised for identification of curriculum and new gap analysis requirements for implementation of National Education Policy.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The meeting discussed the nomination of Academician and Principals of Government and Private Schools for appointment as members of the Task Force. It was decided to devise a mechanism for inviting suggestions from all stakeholders regarding the policy with specific reference to the challenges being faced in Jammu and Kashmir.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The meeting also discussed other issues including Indian Languages to be promoted for inter regional emotional attachment among students, freedom to learn in mother tongue, focus on foundational literacy and numeracy, curiosity to study mathematical and scientific learning.</span><br />