India’s G20 4th Education Working Group meeting to be held from June 19-22

The Ministry of Education has announced that the fourth and final Education Working Group (EDWG) meeting will take place in Pune, Maharashtra from June 19th to 21st, 2023. This meeting will focus on the theme of ‘Ensuring Foundation Literacy and Numeracy, particularly in the context of blended learning.’ The event will conclude with the Education Ministerial meeting on June 22nd, 2023, as stated in an official release.

Similar to previous meetings, a seminar will precede the main EDWG Meeting, focusing on the priority area of Foundational Literacy and Numeracy. Several countries, including Spain, Australia, Indonesia, the United States of America (USA), the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, China, and the United Kingdom (UK), have expressed their interest in participating as panelists for the seminar, according to Sanjay Murthy, the Secretary of Higher Education.

As a precursor to the G20 EDWG meeting, the Department of Higher Education is organising a seminar in collaboration with ELSEVIER on June 16^th, 2023 at IISER, Pune. It will be held on the theme ‘Accessible Science: Fostering collaboration’.  This event will convene stakeholders across the scientific community to discuss best practices for accessible Science, how accessible Science can be applied across individual nations with differing local capacities, and ways to utilise science practices to support global progress.