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106 MoUs signed on the occasion of Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam 2023

Context
In celebration of the National Education Policy’s third anniversary and the Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam 2023, the Ministry of Education, Skill Development & Entrepreneurship inked 106 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs). 

Significance

• The MoUs cover collaborations with both public and private organisations to promote innovation, study, and information sharing across several fields.
• Under the leadership of the Indian Prime Minister, the country’s current educational and business leaders are taking action to cultivate the future leaders through this significant occasion.
• India is to become a centre for research and innovation thanks to the NEP. The policy has given both old knowledge systems and cutting-edge technologies equal weight. 
• The PM also requested that schools educate kids on issues like sustainable energy, disaster preparedness, and climate change. 
• PM Modi also unveiled curriculum guides for skills and education in 12 Indian languages.

Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam 2023

• Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam 2023 falls on the third anniversary of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. 
• At the conclusion of the Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Samagam (ABSS) 2023, leaders in education committed to working together to make India into a just and thriving knowledge society.

ULLAS: Nav Bharat Saksharta Karyakram

Context
The mobile application for ULLAS: Nav Bharat Saksharta Karyakram was introduced by the Union Ministers of Education and of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

ULLAS: Nav Bharat Saksharta Karyakram

• The ULLAS initiative stands for Understanding Lifelong Learning for All in Society.
• It has the potential to completely transform education and literacy in the country.
• The ULLAS mobile app is an important step in maximising technology’s potential to enable widespread access to basic literacy. 
• This dynamic and user-friendly software will give students access to a variety of online learning tools via the NCERT DIKSHA site. 
• Both surveyors and self-registration are options for registering learners and volunteers using the ULLAS app.

Significance of ULLAS App

• The ULLAS will place special emphasis on advancing practical literacy, job-related skills, and empowering citizens to participate in nation-building. 
• In communities all over India, it also promotes a culture of ongoing learning and knowledge-sharing, he continued.
• The ULLAS app gives citizens the power of education, lighting the spark of curiosity and learning in each person, creating Jan Jan Sakshar.
• The programme would inspire volunteers to participate as a duty or Kartavya Bodh for the betterment of the country.

SemiconIndia Conference 2023

Context:
The Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship addressed the second day of the three-day SemiconIndia 2023 conference. 

SemiconIndia Conference 2023

• SemiconIndia Conference 2023 was launched by India’s Prime Minister at the Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. 
• The conference’s theme is “Catalysing India’s Semiconductor Ecosystem.” 
• It displays India’s semiconductor strategy and policy, which aims to establish India as a major center for the design, production, and advancement of semiconductor technology.