Ministry of Education - Online classes during the lockdown - Posted On: 29 JUL 2021

Ministry of Education

Online classes during the lockdown

Posted On: 29 JUL 2021 3:07PM by PIB Delhi

To facilitate the online learning by all stadents a comprehensive initiative called PM eVIDY Ahas been initiated as part of Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan on 17th May, 2020, which unifics all efforts related to digital online on-air education to enable multi-mode access to education. The initiative includes DIKSHA (one nation, one digital platforms the nation's digital infrastructure for providing quality e content for school education in states/UTs and QR coded Energized Textbooks for all gradesare available on it.

One carmarked SwayamPrabha TV channel per class from 1 to 12 (one class, one chanel). Extensive use of Radio, Community radio and CBSE Podcast-Shiksha Vani Special e-content for visually and hearing impaired developed an Digitally Accessible Information System (DAISY) and in sign language on NIOS website YouTube All these schemes programmes are available to all the students across the nation.

In order to promote online education, UGC han notified necessary regulation, which facilitates the Universities to offer full-fledged Online Program. Further, the current provisions of 20 per cent Online courses in a programme, its per provisim of UGC SWAYAM and ODL Regulations to be enhanced up to maximum 40 per cent for implementation considering "National interest during COVID-19" and also to ensure effective utilization of e-resources

Vanous digital initiatives are also undertaken by Ministry of education viz. SWAYAM ("Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds"), SWAYAM Prabha, National Digital Library (NDLI, Virtual Lab, e-Yantra, NEAT (National Education Alliance for technology), FOSSEE (Free Open-Source Software for Education) etc to ensure quality education to the students

This information was given by the Union Minister of Education, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply in the Rajya Sabba today