All three Ministers of State for Education- Annpurna Devi, Rajkumar Ranjan Singh and Subhas Sarkar - also attended the review meeting.
Sources said that senior officials of the Ministry briefed Pradhan about various initiatives undertaken by the Education Ministry in the recent years like PM e-Vidya, National Digital Education Architecture (NDEAR), Swayam, and others.
Emphasizing the importance of leveraging technology in Education, Pradhan said that technology would help in achieving the goals of an open, inclusive and accessible education.
A vibrant digital ecosystem in education will expand learning opportunities for the students, spur innovation and entrepreneurship in the Education sector, he added.
On July 7, Dharmendra Pradhan was inducted as Union Education Minister while Annapurna Devi, Subhas Sarkar and Rajkumar Ranjan Singh were brought in as the new Ministers of State for Education.