CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -CIET, NCERT under Department of School Education & Literacy wins UNESCO’s King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the for the year 2021.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET), which is a constituent unit of the NCERT was awarded on June 24, the UNESCO’s King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for using Information And Communication Technology(ICT) in school education through the eVIDYA scheme for the year 2021.

Detailed explanation-3: -The UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the use of ICT in education is now accepting candidatures. The theme of the 2022 edition is the use of public platforms to ensure inclusive access to digital education content.

Detailed explanation-4: -The technological interventions aided in building crisis-resilient learning systems. Recently, UNESCO recognized the use of information and communication technology (ICT), under a comprehensive initiative called PM eVIDYA by the department of school education, Ministry of Education.

Detailed explanation-5: -CIET has been awarded by UNESCO for use of ICT in Education under a comprehensive initiative called PM eVIDYA. What is PM eVIDYA? Purpose: It is a comprehensive initiative which unifies all efforts related to digital/online/on-air education to enable multimode access to education.