Lok Sabha Question No. 1226 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: DIKSHA Platform
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Subhash Ramrao Bhamre, Supriya Sadanand Sule, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, DNV Senthilkumar. S., Amol Ramsing Kolhe

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1226

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH  JULY, 2022

## DIKSHA Platform

## 1226. DR. SUBHASH RAMRAO BHAMRE:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA:

DR. DNV SENTHILKUMAR. S.:

DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the aims and objective of launching Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing (DIKSHA) a national digital platform;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  achieved  the  objective  for  which  DIKSHA  initiatives  was launched and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the status of implementation of DIKSHA since its launch in the country;
- (d) whether the Government has been able to upgrade the skills of teachers through DIKSHA and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the number of teachers who have been enrolled under DIKSHA and got benefitted;
- (f)  the  number  of  teaching  materials  available  in  the  Diksha  website  and  whether  Government plans to upgrade Diksha website and if so, the details thereof; and
- (g)  the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  upgrade  the  skills  of  teachers  in  Government Schools?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) DIKSHA  (https://diksha.gov.in/)  an  initiative  of  the  Ministry  of  Education  for digital online education, has QR coded textbooks and various specialized e-Contents for classes 1-12  and  teachers  in  33  Indian  languages.  On  DIKSHA,  35  states  and  UTs  have  their  own vertical  along  with  those  of  NCERT,  CBSE  and  NIOS.  DIKSHA  usage  statistics  as  on  date 14.07.2022 are as under:

-  Total Learning sessions on DIKSHA - 495+ crores.
-  Total Learning in minutes on DIKSHA - 5,749+ crore minutes.
-  Page hits on DIKSHA from 01.04.2020   - 3,813+ crores.
-  6,477 Energized Textbooks developed by states/UTs and NCERT
-  2,91,168 pieces of e-content are live on DIKSHA as on date.

(d) Yes,  Several  online  courses  are  offered  through  DIKSHA  to  develop  the  skills  of  the teachers and school heads. NCERT has been offering NISHTHA (National Initiative for School Heads' and Teachers' Holistic Advancement) courses.

(e) Till  date  there  are 15  Crore  enrolments in  various  courses  on  DIKSHA for the courses offered by various states and UTs, including various centers. This includes teachers, students, parents, and other stakeholders As per the courses launched as mentioned in (d), out of these 15 crores , there are more than 47 lakh teachers who have directly benefitted from NISHTHA and Continuous Professional Development (CPD) courses through DIKSHA Platform.

(f) As  of  14 th July,  2022  there  are 2,91,168 e-contents  on  DIKSHA.  Currently,  the  total number of QR coded textbooks available is 6477 textbooks.

(g) NCERT  has  taken  several  other  efforts  in  building  the  competencies  of  teachers  and enabling  them  to  be  a  digital  teacher.  NCERT  initiated  a  webinar  series  focusing  to  orient teachers, students and other stakeholders on various ICT tools, digital initiatives at national level, emerging trends in educational technology, cyber safety and security. Till date, nearly 625 live sessions  of  one  hour  each  have  been  organised  on  ICT  tools  for  teaching  learning  and assessment. A repository is also created for easy reference and can be accessed at https://ciet.nic.in/pages.php?id=webinar&ln=en

Online  classes  are  being  conducted  in  areas  related  to  Education  Technology  (ET)  and Information  and  Communications  Technology  (ICT).  Around  11  such  trainings  have  been organized. More than 3 Lakh teachers have benefitted from these training sessions. A repository is also created for easy reference and can be accessed at https://ciet.nic.in/workshoptraining.php?&ln=en

State Resource Groups (SRGs) trainings have been conducted in all 36 States/ UTs in a phased  manner  regularly  to  develop  the  skills  of  using  resources  in  DIKSHA  as  well  as  to develop quality digital content and distribute on DIKSHA. Around 720 State Resource Persons (SRPs)  across  36  States/  UTs  were  trained.  During  the  year  2020-21,  around  770  SRPs  were trained through online training in two phases and during 2021-22 around 643 SRPs were trained online training in four phases.

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