Lok Sabha Question No. 4028 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-18
Subject: Evaluation of DIKSHA Platform on Learning Outcome
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Baijayant Panda

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4028 ANSWERED ON 18/08/2025

## Evaluation of DIKSHA Platform on Learning Outcome

4028. Shri Baijayant Panda:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  any  independent  studies  or  assessments  have  been  conducted  to evaluate  the  impact  of  the  DIKSHA  platform  on  student  learning  outcomes  in States and Union Territories;
- (b) if so, the key findings of such assessments, particularly with regard to regional performance disparities;
- (c)  the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  strengthen  offline  accessibility, enhance availability of vernacular content/regional language-based; and
- (d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  collaborate  with  State  Governments  or academic bodies to evaluate and upgrade the digital contents on DIKSHA platform periodically?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (d) Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing (DIKSHA) is the Nation's One  Nation,  One  Digital  platform  for  providing  quality  e-content  for  school education  in  States/  Union  Territories  (UTs)  along  with  QR  coded  Energised Textbooks (ETBs) for all grades. As a participant in DIKSHA, States/UTs/Autonomous Bodies (ABs) have generated and contributed over 3.69 lakh  content  in  local/regional  languages.  Overall,  564.05  crore  learning  sessions have  been  completed  on  DIKSHA  by  students,  teachers  and  other  stakeholders. The stakeholders have access to more than 300 Virtual Labs on DIKSHA.

PARAKH  Rashtriya  Sarvekshan  2024,  conducted  by  PARAKH  National Assessment  Centre  in  National  Council  of  Educational  Research  and  Training (NCERT) under the Ministry of Education, assessed over 21 lakh students across Grades 3, 6, and 9 nationwide, which gathered contextual data on digital access that can be accessed from https://dashboard.parakh.ncert.gov.in/en.

DIKSHA  platform  supports  both  online  and  offline  accessibility  for  its learning  resources.  Users  can  download  content  and  access  it  even  without  an internet  connection.  States/UTs  preload  DIKSHA  content  on  their  Smart  Class boards  ensuring  offline  access.  Based  on  NEP  2020,  there  has  been  a  concerted effort to facilitate education in multiple languages,  commencing  from  the foundational stage and extending onwards. NCERT has also translated textbooks for  Classes  1,  2,  3  and  6  for  all  subjects  in  22  schedule  languages  to  provide education  in  child's  own  language,  which  are  also  available  on  NCERT  portal s(https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php) for ease of learning.

DIKSHA operates on a federated architecture, allowing each State/UT and central  autonomous body referred to as participants to independently upload and manage  their  own  e-content  and  e-courses  in  their  mother  tongue/local/regional languages. This enables customisation in terms of language, curriculum alignment, and  pedagogical  approach,  thereby  ensuring  that  digital  learning  resources  are contextually  relevant,  continuously  updated  and  accessible  to  diverse  learner groups across the country. The Ministry through Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET-NCERT) works with States/UTs and other DIKSHA participants  to  validate  their  respective  content  on  a  periodic  basis  based  on  the guidelines provided at https://ciet.ncert.gov.in/econtent-guidelines. States/UTs and other  DIKSHA  participants  have  been  advised  to  provide  age  appropriate  and grade appropriate e-content in their mother tongue/local/regional languages.

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