Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ virtually released a compilation of initiatives undertaken by the School Education Department during COVID-19 pandemic. He 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. He 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.