World Bank delegations from 21 countries visit Vidya Samiksha Kendra in Gandhinagar

Feb 19, 2024

Gandhinagar (Gujarat), Feb 19 (ANI): Education Ministers and delegations from 21 different countries visited Vidya Samiksha Kendra (VSK) in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar on February 19. They came here to learn about Gujarat’s teaching methods on behalf of the World Bank. Notably, Vidya Samiksha Kendra collects more than 500 crore data sets every year from all school education initiatives. It records the daily online attendance of all 1.15 crore students and all 4 lakh teachers of the state. “…Gujarat has used the loan from the World Bank to make sure that education reached every village... World Bank is thinking of developing education in other countries of Africa... To understand the functioning of Vidya Samiksha Kendra, representatives of more than 20 countries visited here today... Gujarat is moving forward in terms of education... We will make sure that the New Education Policy is implemented in the country properly...,” said Union Minister of State for Higher Education Praful Pansheriya.