CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Govt of India launched digital initiatives – Swayam, Swayam Prabha, National Academic Depository, and National Digital Library to push e-education in the country. The aim of the initiatives is to raise the Gross Enrollment Ratio in higher education.

Detailed explanation-2: -E-Pathshala: This initiative focuses not only on students but also teachers and parents. E-Pathshala can be accessed through a web portal or mobile app for the E-textbooks with 3500+ curriculum content in English, Sanskrit, Urdu, and Hindi.

Detailed explanation-3: -DIKSHA: Digital Infrastructure for knowledge sharing( DIKSHA ) is a national platform for open educational digital content launched by the Ministry of Education in 2017 and is an initiative of NCERT .

Detailed explanation-4: -Even though various initiatives have been taken up under NMEICT programme, the major currently ongoing initiatives like SWAYAM, SWAYAM Prabha, National Digital Library (NDL), e-Yantra, FOSSE, Spoken Tutorials, and Virtual Labs are being implemented by various higher educational institutions.

Detailed explanation-5: -DIKSHA, part of the PM eVidya initiative under the Atma Nirbhar Bharat programme, has been declared “One Nation, One Digital Platform” for school education in the country. Launched in 2017, DIKSHA is a national platform for schools across India.