New Delhi, July 27 -- Union minister Pralhad Joshi on Sunday took additional charge of the education ministry at Kartavya Bhavan on Sunday. After taking charge, he chaired a meeting in which he reviewed the implementation of various schemes and other initiatives of the department of school education and department of higher education, officials said. Speaking to the media after assuming additional charge of the education ministry, Joshi said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given him "this huge responsibility based on trust and belief." Joshi said he was in Karnataka on Saturday night and came to Delhi on Sunday morning and took charge at Kartavya Bhawan. "I am reviewing all the details here and the decisions that need to be taken. I have been gathering information and trying to understand the functioning of the entire ministry. We had continuous meetings today. This is a new subject for me. I have taken charge today and held detailed discussions with the senior officers. It is a very big department, so I will speak to you in detail after I have understood it completely.," he told the media. Union minister of state of education Jayant Chaudhary along with higher education secretary Vineet Joshi, new school education secretary TK Anil Kumar and other senior officials of the ministry attended the meeting. A senior official who briefed the newly appointed education minister Joshi during the meeting, said that officials provided information about various bureaus under both the departments of the ministry. "He took charge on Sunday as he will have to attend the Parliament from Monday onwards," the official said, requesting anonymity....