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Ramesh Pokhriyal, Union Education Minister, conducted a high-level meeting to implement the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and launched an implementation plan for school education called 'SARTHAQ (Students' and Teachers' Holistic Advancement through Quality Education)'. SARTHAQ is developed by the Department of School Education and Literacy.

According to the statement, SARTHAQ is a suggestive and significant implementation plan for school education which was launched as part of the celebrations to the Amrit Mahotsav on 75 years of India's independence.

States and UTs have been given the option to adopt this plan with local flexibility and can modify it as per their requirements, states the official release.

It further said that the plan 'presents the roadmap and way ahead for the implementation of NEP 2020'.

Around 7,177 inputs/ suggestions were received for SARTHAQ from all stakeholders.

The Shikshak Parv, a teachers' fest, was organised from Sept 8 to Sept 25, 2020 to discuss the various recommendations of NEP 2020 and its implementation plans, which attracted over 15 lakh suggestions, the statement added.

The major aim of SARTHAQ is to define tasks in such a manner that it links recommendation with 297 Tasks along with timelines, responsible agencies, and 304 conclusions of these Tasks.

The statement further added that the effort has also been made to propose activities under the existing structure rather than creating new structures. Thus, SARTHAQ takes care of the soul and purpose of the policy and is planned to be implemented in a phased manner.