India, Nov. 20 -- Heads of more than 2,000 schools affiliated to the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) from across the country will meet in Chandigarh on Thursday to deliberate on emerging trends in school education and frame a future-ready action plan, according to officials.

The two-day gathering, the 68th AGM and Annual Conference of the Association of Schools for the Indian School Certificate, is set to bring together some of the most influential voices in Indian schooling at a time of rapid educational transformation.

"Ashok Mittal, Rajya Sabha MP and an eminent educationist, will deliver the inaugural address on Thursday. Justice Vikramjit Sen, former Supreme Court judge and former chief justice of the K...