CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -SWAYAM is an initiative launched by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India under Digital India to give a coordinated stage and free entry to web courses, covering all advanced education, High School and skill sector courses.

Detailed explanation-2: -The current SWAYAM platform is developed by Ministry of Education and NPTEL, IIT Madras with the help of Google Inc. and Persistent Systems Ltd.

Detailed explanation-3: -Swayam, a government of India initiative to provide “best learning resources to all” online (MOOC). Swayam aims to provide interactive courses, prepared by the best teachers in the country and are available free of cost to the residents in India.

Detailed explanation-4: -SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds) MOOC Platform was developed indigenously by AICTE in 2016 to facilitate hosting of online courses which could be accessed by anyone, anywhere at any time free of cost to achieve three cardinal principles of Education Policy viz.