Lok Sabha Question No. 3547 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-08
Subject: Digital Learning Platforms
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Beesetti  Venkata Satyavathi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3547 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH   AUGUST, 2022

## Digital Learning Platforms

3547. DR. BEESETTI VENKATA SATYAVATHI:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) the details of penetration of various digital tools like DIKSHA, SWAYAM, e-PATHSHALA, NROEER, etc., of the Government, particularly in rural areas;

(b)  whether learning programmes started offline such on DD channels, radio, community radio, CBSE podcasts, toll free numbers, etc., helps in providing education to poor students in rural areas and if so, the details thereof;

(c)  whether  any  assessment/survey  has  been  made  to  find  out  the  reach  of  above  tools  during pandemic;

(d) if so, the details thereof, State/district-wise;

(e)  whether  any  effort  has  been  made  to  ensure  that  the  disabled  community  can  access  such platforms; and

(f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) to (f) A comprehensive initiative called PM eVIDYA has been initiated as part of Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan on 17th May, 2020, which unifies all efforts related to digital/online/onair education to enable multi-mode access to education. The initiative includes:

-  DIKSHA  the  nation's  digital  infrastructure  for  providing  quality  e-content  for  school education in states/UTs and QR coded Energized Textbooks for all grades (one nation, one digital  platform). Till  date  (21.07.2022)  DIKSHA  has  more  than  501  crores  learning sessions, more than 5,879 crore learning minutes and more than 3,825 crores page hits with more than 4.06 crore average daily page hits. A total of 2,92,178, pieces of e-contents are live on DIKSHA as on date.
-  One earmarked Swayam Prabha TV channel per class from 1 to 12 (one class, one channel): The same content is simulcast through YouTube and Jio channels. 3,529 pieces of curriculumbased radio programmes (Classes 1-12) disseminated/ broadcasted on 397 Radio Stations (11 GyanVani FM Radio Stations, 254 Community Radio Stations) 132 All India Radio stations,

Podcasts)  on  iRadio  and  JioSaavn  Mobile  apps.  Till  date  31,816  calls  were  received  to enquire  about  telecast  of  educational  programmes  through  PM  eVIDYA  IVRS  have  been responded.

-  A total of 89,55,857 unique users and 2,83,21,959 enrollment are there on SWAYAM Portal from all over the country in various courses till July 2022.
-  Extensive use of Radio, Community radio and CBSE Podcast- Shiksha Vani: 3,529 pieces of curriculum-based radio programmes (Classes 1 -12) for its dissemination/ broadcast on 397 Radio Stations (11 GyanVani FM Radio Stations, 254 Community Radio Stations), 132 All India  Radio  stations,  Podcasts  on  iRadio  and  JioSaavn  Mobile  apps.  Till  now  1,425  live programs have been broadcast on iRadio.
-  Special  e-content  for  visually  and  hearing  impaired  developed  on  Digitally  Accessible Information System (DAISY) and in sign language on NIOS website/ YouTube:  In all 3,520 textbook based ISL videos recorded and 597 videos have been uploaded on DIKSHA from classes 1 to 5. A 10,000 words ISL dictionary has been uploaded on DIKSHA. 3,474 audio books chapters uploaded on DIKSHA.

The Ministry of Education through National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)  had  conducted  a  survey  related  to  online  teaching  learning  in  Kendriya  Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools. As per the survey, the findings revealed that about 60-70% of the participants (students,  teachers,  parents  and  school  principals  across  KVS,  NVS  and  CBSE  shared  that teaching  and  learning  during  COVID-19  period  was  joyful  and  satisfactory.  About  20-30% stakeholders  shared  that  they  had  difficult  experience  and  about  10-20%  said  that  it  was burdensome  for  them.  The  details  of  the  survey  and  findings  are  given  in  Chapter  -  3  of  the Learning Enhancement guidelines, which may be accessed at the following links:

-  https://www.mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload\_files/mhrd/files/Learning\_Enhancement\_0.pdf
-  https://seshagun.gov.in/sites/default/files/update/Learning\_Enhancement.pdf
-  https://ncert.nic.in/pdf/announcement/Learning\_%20Enhancement\_Guidelines.pdf

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