Lok Sabha Question No. 3187 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-05
Subject: e-Education
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: JANARDAN MISHRA, OM PRAKASH YADAV, AJAY (TENI) MISRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3187 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2016

## e-Education

†3187. SHRI JANARDAN MISHRA: SHRI OM PRAKASH YADAV: SHRI AJAY MISHRA TENI:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to take any steps to promote e-education in the country in near future;
- (b) if so, whether the requisite training is being imparted by the Government in universities/schools in this regard?
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  details  of  programmes  being  implemented  by  the Government in order to make e-education effective;
- (d) the names of institutes which have been engaged in executing the said task at the grassroot level; and
- (e) whether the Government is likely to provide any resources for the success of e-education and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

(a) to (c)  Government is committed to promoting e-learning since it provides opportunities for the students all over India to access good academic resources. Many initiatives have been taken  in  this  regard  under  the  National  Mission  on  Education  through  Information  and Communication  Technology  (NMEICT),  which  have  been  supported  by  programmes  under the Rashtriya Madhyamik Siksha Abhiyaan (RMSA) and from other specialized programmes like SWAYAM.

The major e-Education programmes are:

- (i)  SWAYAM  programme  for  hosting  Massive  Open  Online  Courses(MOOCs)  that  benefit about 3 Crore students.
- (ii)  NMEICT to leverage the potential of ICT in teaching and  learning process for providing high quality e-content free of cost to all learners in the country in any time any where mode.
- (iii)  Rashtriya  Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), for promoting lCT in Schools to impart computer  literacy  and  promote  computer  enabled  learning  by  using  ICT  in  teaching  in Government and Government Aided Secondary and Higher Secondary Schools.
- (d) & (e) Government is providing adequate funding for e-Education through above mentioned schemes.  For  the  e-Content  creation  under  NMEICT,  several  premier  institutes  of  higher learning  are  involved.  National  Coordinators  engaged  for  development  of  online  courses under SWAYAM are as under:-

| National Coordinator               | Area                                              |
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
| NPTEL (a group of 7 IITs and IISc) | Technical / Engineering UG & PG degree programme. |
| CEC                                | UG Non Engineering                                |
| UGC                                | PG Non Engineering                                |
| IGNOU                              | Certification & Diploma                           |
| NCERT                              | School Education (Classes 9 th to 12 th )         |
| NIOS                               | Open School Education (Classes 9 th to12 th )     |
| IIM, Bengaluru                     | Management Studies                                |
| NITTTR, Chennai                    | Teachers Training                                 |

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