Lucknow: Experts on Thursday stressed innovation in Uttar Pradesh's education system and technological interventions to make the state developed by 2047.

A state-level conference on "Innovation in education, the foundation of progress - Viksit Uttar Pradesh @2047" was organised at Yojana Bhawan, Lucknow, an official statement said.

The conference discussed the future of the education system, capacity building for teachers, use of new technologies, improving foundational learning outcomes, and the state's role in the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047.

Recent reforms in the state's education sector are showing results through smart classrooms, e-learning resources, and digital facilities for teacher training, it said.

Additional Chief Secretary Parthasarathi Sen Sharma said that to achieve a developed Uttar Pradesh, education must be reorganised with transparency, quality, equal opportunity, and innovation.

He said teacher training, global-level teaching methods, and improving core learning outcomes are key pillars of education reform.

Director General of School Education Monika Rani said technological interventions, digital content, skill-based teaching, and international exposure have become essential to the education system.

She said that if this pace of innovation continues, UP will become the country's leading education model in the coming years.

A key feature of the conference was the presence of representatives from several institutions working in educational innovation and foundational learning.

These included representatives and CEOs from UNICEF, Language and Learning Foundation, Bharti Airtel Foundation, Pratham Education Foundation, Central Square Foundation, Educate Girls Foundation, the Centre for Civil Society, and Nelco (Tata Group), the statement said.