Ministry of Human Resource Development @ Promotion of e-learning
Posted On:
05 APR 2018 7:09PM by PIB Delhi
The
Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has launched many schemes for
promoting e-learning across students in schools & Universities.The key
e-learning initiatives run by MHRD are as follows:-
(i) SWAYAM:
The ‘Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds' (SWAYAM) an
integrated platform for online courses, using Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) and covering school (9th to 12th) to Post Graduate Level. At
present, about 1000+ MOOCs Courses are listed on SWAYAM, wherein about 30 Lakhs
students have enrolled to these courses. It also offers online courses for
students, teachers and teacher educators
(ii) SWAYAM
Prabha: SWAYAM Prabha is an initiative to provide 32 High Quality Educational
Channels through DTH (Direct to Home) across the length and breadth of the
country on 24X7 basis. It has curriculum based course content covering diverse
disciplines.
(iii)
National Digital Library (NDL): The National Digital Library of India (NDL) is
a project to develop a framework of virtual repository of learning resources
with a single-window search facility. There are more than 153 Lakhs digital
books available through the NDL.
(iv)
E-pathshala: E-books of the resources developed by National Council of
Educational Research and Training (NCERT), State Council of Educational
Research and Training (SCERT) / State Institutes of Education (SIEs), State
boards etc. SIEs in multiple languages and uploaded on e-pathshala website and
disseminated through mobile app (android, iOS and Windows). E-pathshala has
been listed/made available on the UMANG App of Govt. of India, which was launched
by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India on 23 November, 2017 during GCCS-2017.
(v) National
Repository of Open Educational Resources (NROER) : To make digital resources
available for teachers and students as free and open source material. To enable
the participation of the community in development and sharing of digital
resources. To facilitate the adoption and creation of digital resources in
different Indian languages.
During the
last three financial years, the following amount were spent towards Swayam,
Swayam Prabha, NDL, e-Pathshala & NROER:-
|
S. No.
|
Schemes
|
Amount
Spent
|
|
1.
|
SWAYAM
|
Rs. 176
cr.
|
|
2.
|
SWAYAM
Prabha
|
Rs.
63.83cr.
|
|
3.
|
NDL
|
Rs.
24.68cr.
|
|
4.
|
e-Pathshala/NROER
|
Rs.3.13cr.
|
This information
was given by the Minister of State (HRD), Dr. Satya Pal Singh today in a
written reply to a Rajya Sabha question.
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NB/AK
Regards
Mr. Pralhad Jadhav
Master of Library & Information Science (NET Qualified)
Senior Manager @ Knowledge Repository
Khaitan & Co
Mobile @ 9665911593
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