Lok Sabha Question No. 2505 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-18
Subject: Monitoring over Implementation of National Digital Education Architecture
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Sanghamitra Maurya

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2505

## ANSWERED ON 18 th  DECEMBER, 2023

## Monitoring over Implementation of National Digital Education Architecture

†2505. DR. SANGHMITRA MAURYA:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has taken any measures for monitoring the implementation of National Digital Education Architecture (NDEAR);

(b) if so, the impact in this regard and also the challenges in implementing NDEAR;

(c)  whether  the  Government plans to align the  existing as  well  as  coming  digital  application  with NDEAR; and

(d) 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 (d) As envisaged in the NEP, a National Education Technology Forum (NETF) Cell has been created to provide a platform for the free exchange of ideas on the use of technology to enhance learning,  assessment,  planning,  administration,  and  so  on,  both  for  school  and  higher  education. NETF Cell is overarchingly monitoring the implementation of NDEAR framework through policy development,  coordination  with  different  implementing  agencies  such  as  National  Council  for Education Research & Training (NCERT), evaluation & assessments, quality assurance and research and  development.  Some  of  the  challenges  faced  in  implementation  of  NDEAR  is  digital  divide, creating multi-lingual content, capacity building of teachers at scale and a comprehensive PM eVidya initiative has been undertaken to address the same.

The existing  as  well  as  upcoming  digital  applications  are  all  being  aligned  with  NDEAR framework. This has helped in adoption of these digital applications not just across stakeholders in India but globally as well.Existing digital applications such as DIKSHA have been architected as per NDEAR framework. DIKSHA is the national infrastructure platform for school education in India used widely across the country, which is available in 31 Indian languages and 7 foreign languages. More  than  6,500  energized  text  books  are  available  on  DIKSHA,  and  content  is  available  in  38 Indian  languages  -  which  include  31  Indian  languages  and  7  foreign  languages.  It  is  accessed  by lakhs of learners on a daily basis and has recorded more than 531 Cr learning sessions. DIKSHA has been identified as a Digital Public Good (DPG) by Government of India and architected as a set of building blocks in compliance with principles laid out in NDEAR.

Such  an  impact  has  been  created  through  various  applications  that  have  been  enabled through  the  NDEAR  DIKSHA  ecosystem.  Some  of  the  noteworthy  initiatives  are  NISHTHA (Capacity building of teachers, administrators), VidyaDaan (to source high quality content), Micro Improvements ('learning by doing' concept).

Recent  initiatives  such  as  Vidya  Samiksha  Kendra  (VSK),  Registries,  Virtual  Labs  for students  and  National  Digital  Libraries  are  aligning  to  the  NDEAR  principles  such  as  'Open  data standards and Analytics'' building block.

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