Deputy Chief Minister (CM) Eknath Shinde on Tuesday conducted a review of the School Education Department and instructed that innovative initiatives should be undertaken through the use of digital technology to provide quality education to students. He emphasised focusing more on future policies to reduce the student dropout rate and directed the department to work more vigorously and implement concrete measures for this purpose.

The review meeting of the School Education Department was held at the Sahyadri Guest House under Shinde's chairmanship. The meeting was attended by School Education Minister Dadaji Bhuse, Public Health Minister Prakash Abitkar, Education Minister of State Dr Pankaj Bhowyer, Principal Secretary of the Education Department Ranjitsingh Deol, Commissioner Sachindra Pratap Singh, State Project Director of Maharashtra Primary Education Council R Vimala, Director of State Council for Educational Research and Training Rahul Rekhavar, and other officials from the School Education Department.