Gandhinagar, Oct. 17 -- Gujarat Education Minister Dr Pradyuman Vaja chaired a high-level meeting in Gandhinagar to reduce the additional workload of primary and secondary school teachers and help them focus more on classroom teaching.

According to the release, the Minister reviewed teacher training, data entry on various online portals, and other duties assigned to teachers by different departments.

The Education Minister has directed the formation of a special committee comprising senior officials from the Education Department, GCERT, Samagra Shiksha, and the Commissioner of Schools to reduce teachers' non-academic workload and online tasks. The committee will study the issue in detail and submit a report to the state government. Base...