Lok Sabha Question No. 77 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-04
Subject: e-Learning Services
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ANURAG SINGH THAKUR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 77 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2019

## e-Learning Services

## 77 .   SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  e-learning  services  are  being  promoted  in  Government schools and colleges of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether there is sufficient investment in providing e-learning facilities, especially to schools and colleges in backward areas of the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

- (a) &  (b)  The  key  e-Learning  Projects  run  by  the  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development (MHRD) are as follows:
-  SWAYAM:The 'Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds' (SWAYAM) is an integrated  platform  for  online  courses,  using  Information  and  Communication  Technology  (ICT)  and covering school (9th to 12th) to Post Graduate Level.  It offers online courses for students, teachers and teacher educators. It may be accessed on swayam.gov.in.  National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) is promoting education through e-learning methods by providing courses on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) on the portal. There are 44 courses of NIOS offered on SWAYAM platform - 14 at secondary level,  16  at  senior  secondary  level,  4  vocational  courses  and  10  courses  of  Diploma  in  Elementary Education  (D.El.Ed.).  NCERT  has  so  far  developed  22  courses  for  classes  XI-XII  in  different  subject areas.
-  SWAYAM PRABHA:A  programme  for  utilization  of  satellite  communication  technologies  for transmission of educational e-contents through 32 National Channels i.e. SWAYAM  PRABHA DTH-TV has  been  launched. CIET-NCERT  is  the  national  coordinator  for  one  DTH  TV  channel  i.e.,  Kishore Manch (#31) and has started feeding a 24x7 educational TV channel w.e.f. 09.07.2018. Everyday four hour fresh slot is telecast and repeated 5 more times in 24 hours to provide learning opportunities for the stake holders, as per their convenience.  Besides, NIOS is running 5 channels for teachers, for secondary and senior secondary levels and for sign language.
-  National  Digital  Library  (NDL): The  National  Digital  Library  of  India  (NDL)  is  a  project  to develop  a  framework  of  virtual  repository  of  learning  resources  with  a  single-window  search  facility. There  are  more  than  153  Lakhs  digital  books  available  through  the  NDL.  It  may  be  accessed  on ndl.gov.in
-  ICT in Educational Curriculum for School System: ICT curriculum for teachers and students has been developed by NCERT. Students' curriculum was piloted in 588 Navodaya Vidyalayas for one year. 805 MRPs/ KRPs of thirty states were oriented on roll-out of ICT curriculum for students and teachers in the respective states.
-  e-Pathshala: e-pathshala  has  been  developed  by  NCERT  (National  Council  for  Educational Research  and  Training)  for showcasing  and  disseminating  all  educational e-resources including textbooks,  audio,  video,  periodicals  and  a  variety  of  other  print  and  non-print  materials.  So  far,  3444 audios and videos, 698 e-books (e-pubs) and 504 flip books have been made available on the portal and mobile app.
-  Shagun  Portal  -  an  Initiative  to  monitor  the  implementation  of  SSA: A  web  portal  called ShaGun (from the words Shaala and Gunvatta) has a repository of good practices, photographs, videos, studies, newspaper articles etc. on elementary education, State/UT wise. These are in the public domain. Its purpose is to showcase success stories and also to provide a platform for all stakeholders to learn from each other. This would also instill a positive competitive spirit among all the States and UTs.
-  National  Repository  of  Open  Educational  Resources  (NROER): The  National  Repository  of Open  Educational  Resources  (NROER)  is  an  initiative  to  bring  together  all  digital  and  digitisable resources  across  all  stages  of  school  education  and  teacher  education.  So  far,  13635 files  including 401 collections, 2722 documents, 565 interactive, 1664 audios, 2581 images and 6105 videos have been made available over the portal. States/ UTs are motivated to contribute resources on NROER and create OERs for their own State/ UT.
-  KVS initiatives:ICT Skills are imparted in all the Kendriya Vidyalayas to the students of classes III  to  XII.  12011  e-Classrooms  (9711  e-Classrooms  established  and  2300  under  process)  have  been established  in  Kendriya  Vidyalayas  throughout  the  country  for  facilitating  effective  learning  through digital mode. Besides, 276 Digital Language Labs and 1137 Computer labs have been established in 276 KVs across the Country. Further, a pilot project e-Prajna has been started for providing tablets pre-loaded with  e-content  in  Maths  and  Science.  5076  Touch  Tablets  have  been  distributed  among  Class  VIII Students and teachers for classroom transactions in Maths and Science.
-  Operation  Digital  Board:An  initiative  has  been  taken  by  Government  of  India  to  provide interactive  digital  boards  to  nearly  15  lakh  classrooms  across  the  country  for  9th  standard  to  post graduate  level,  where  they  can  receive  lectures  from  best  teachers/professors  and  access  quality  econtent, in order to enhance overall learning process and experience of the students.
- (c) & (d) No specific expenditure is made area/state wise on providing e-learning facilities. However, high quality e-content is provided to all learners in the country through the above initiatives free of cost.

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