Swayam Portal

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Introduction -: 
SWAYAM is a programme initiated by Government of India and designed to achieve the three cardinal principles of Education Policy viz., access, equity and quality.
Objective -: 
 The objective of this effort is to take the best teaching learning resources to all, including the most disadvantaged. SWAYAM seeks to bridge the digital divide for students who have hitherto remained untouched by the digital revolution and have not been able to join the mainstream of the knowledge economy.

Who has Developed it -: 
SWAYAM platform is indigenously developed by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) with the help of Microsoft and would be ultimately capable of hosting 2000 courses and 80000 hours of learning: covering school, under-graduate, post-graduate, engineering, law and other professional courses.
How it is being done -:
This is done through an indigenous developed IT platform that facilitates hosting of all the courses, taught in classrooms from 9th class till post-graduation to be accessed by anyone, anywhere at any time.
 All the courses are interactive, prepared by the best teachers in the country and are available, free of cost to the residents in India. More than 1,000 specially chosen faculty and teachers from across the Country have participated in preparing these courses.

How courses are Hosted -: 
The courses hosted on SWAYAM are in 4 quadrants – 
(1) video lecture,
(2) specially prepared reading material that can be downloaded/printed 
(3) self-assessment tests through tests and quizzes and 
(4) an online discussion forum for clearing the doubts. 
Steps have been taken to enrich the learning experience by using audio-video and multi-media and state of the art pedagogy / technology. 
In order to ensure best quality content are produced and delivered, nine National Coordinators have been appointed: They are AICTE for self-paced courses,NPTEL for engineering, UGC for post-graduation education, CECfor under-graduate education, NCERT & NIOS for school education, IGNOU for out of the school students and, IIMB for management studies.

Comments

  1. UnknownAugust 28, 2018 at 12:40 PM

    In how many fields it connects?

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  2. Richa Singh BhadouriaAugust 31, 2018 at 10:55 PM

    Almost every section is covered in this from school education to higher degree and engineering education.

    ReplyDelete

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