Lok Sabha Question No. 145 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-04
Subject: Digitalisation of Schools
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: LAXMAN GILUWA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 145 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.02.2019

## Digitalisation of Schools

## †145 .   SHRI LAXMAN GILUWA:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes digitalisation of all schools across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a)  to  (c)  The  Central  Government has launched an Integrated Scheme for school education- Samagra Shiksha,  which subsumes the three erstwhile Centrally Sponsored Schemes of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) , Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) and Teacher Education, from the year 2018-19. Under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Samagra Shiksha, Information & Communication Technology (ICT) component envisages covering all Government and Government Aided schools from classes VI to XII, subject to the availability of budgetary provision, progress of approved interventions and receipt of proposals from the States/UTs.

So  far,  about 1,79,498  upper  primary,  secondary  &  senior  secondary  schools  have  been approved for coverage under ICT component of the respective schemes. Further, the Government has undertaken v arious initiatives for providing education through digital means such as:

-  ICT in Education 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.
-  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.
-  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.
-  CBSE initiatives:SARANSH is a  tool  for  comprehensive  self  review  and  analysis  for  CBSE affiliated schools and parents. It enables them to analyse students' performance in order to take remedial measures. SARANSH brings schools, teachers and parents closer, so that they can monitor the progress of students and help them improve their performance. It helps schools to compare their performance visà-vis  all  CBSE  schools  at  various  levels  and  also  helps  parents  to  compare  their  ward's  performance within  school  State,  Region  and  National  level.  It  is  currently  available  for  Standards  IX  -  XII  and provides  a  comprehensive  overview  of  Standard  X  performance  since  2007  and  Standard  XII performance since 2009, till the current academic session.
-  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 e-content, in order to enhance overall learning process and experience of the students.