new delhi union minister of education dr ramesh pokhriyal nishank on thursday said that the national council of educational research and training ncert has recently conducted a survey to understand the scenario of online learning of school students amid covid19 pandemic and added ncert has prepared alternative academic calendar and students learning enhancement guidelines with a focus on learning outcome in order to fill the gaps or loss of learning among studentshe stated in a reply to an unstarred question over the ncert survey on online learning amid covid19 posed by jyotiraditya scindia in the rajya sabhathe national council of education research and training ncert has conducted a survey in the month of july 2020 with the help of kendriya vidyalaya sangathan kvs navodaya vidyalaya samiti nvs and cbse to understand the scenario of online learning of school students in covid19 pandemic situation with a view to addressing the issues related to gaps andor loss of learning among students during and after the lockdown ncert has prepared alternative academic calendar and students learning enhancement guidelines with a focus on learning outcome the guidelines suggest models for the following three types of scenarios1 learning enhancement during covid19 students without digital services2 learning enhancement during covid19 for students with limited access to digital devices3 learning enhancement during covid19 for students with digital devicesthe alternative academic calendar and learning enhancement guidelines have been shared with all the states union territories cbse kvs nvs and central tibetan schools administration ctsa the statement from union minister readnishank on tuesday released an alternative academic calendar for secondary classes for the next eight weeks as schools continue to be closed in view of the covid19 pandemic this calendar contains class and subject wise in a tabular format the activities mentioned in the calendar are related to four languages as subject areas hindi english urdu and sanskritthe calendar also provides space to the strategies of reducing stress and anxiety among students teachers and parents