Lok Sabha Question No. 117 (STARRED), answered on 2023-12-11
Subject: Online Coaching Platform-SATHEE
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Bhola Singh, Vinod Kumar Sonkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *117 ANSWERED ON 11.12.2023

## Online Coaching Platform-SATHEE

*117.   SHRI BHOLA SINGH: SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Ministry in collaboration with IIT-Kanpur has launched online coaching platform Self-Assessment Test and Help for Entrance Exams (SATHEE); (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) whether the SATHEE is an open learning platform available to students at no cost; (d)  if  so,  whether SATHEE has launched a 45-days crash course for aspirants and it hosts live and recorded lectures, expertly designed curriculum and doubt-clearing sessions for students; (e) whether  the  portal  uses  Artificial  Intelligence  (AI)  to  interact  with  students  and  can  be customised to each student's pace of learning; (f) if so, the details thereof; and
- (g)  the steps taken by the Government to provide quality education in remote areas as well?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) to (g): A Statement is laid on the table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (g) IN RESPECT OF LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *117  FOR  REPLY  ON  11.12.2023  REGARDING  'ONLINE COACHING  PLATFORM-SATHEE'ASKED  BY  SHRI  BHOLA  SINGH,  SHRI  VINOD  KUMAR SONKAR, HON'BLE MEMBER(S) OF PARLIAMENT

(a)  to  (f)  Department  of  Higher  Education  in  collaboration  with  IIT  Kanpur  has  started  SATHEE (Self-Assessment, Test and Help for Entrance Examination) portal to provide quality education to  every  student  who  intend  to  participate  in  competitive  examination  such  as  JEE,  NEET  and various State level Engineering and other Examination.

This portal has several facilities to help students for such examination that includes: -

- -Solve  with  Me :  a  senior  student  who  has  passed  a  competitive  exam,  solves  mock  test papers and explains his or her thought process to solve different questions on camera. The session is telecasted live as well as recording is shared with the aspirants. This helps aspiring students to understand the tips to ace a question paper beyond just subject knowledge.
- -Assessment platform with more than 60,000 questions : The questions are obtained from various  sources,  such  as  from  NCERT  text  books,  exemplar  books,  previous  years  exam papers,  or  designed  by  experts.  These  questions  follow  the  latest  exam  patterns  and syllabus.
- -NCERT based learning : SATHEE provides video lectures and live sessions on various topics and subjects related to the NCERT curriculum. This feature provides a comprehensive and interactive  learning  platform  for  students  who  want  to  study  the  NCERT  syllabus  for  board exams  in  addition  to  prepare  for  the  competitive  exams. These  lectures  and  sessions  are delivered by expert students from IITs, AIIMS, and other premier institutes.

SATHEE is an open learning platform available to everyone including students. AI based tools (chatbot)  have  been  integrated  to  offer  valuable  insights  into  effective  exam  preparation strategies.  Further  SATHEE  utilises  an  AI  tool  named  'Prutor'  for  assessment  purpose.  It  is available to every user.

With an aim to provide high quality content to students preparing for JEE and other engineering examinations, 45 days crash course of JEE has been launched on 21 st  November 2023 curated IIT  toppers,  academicians  and  subject  experts.    This  crash  course  is  available  in  5  language including English.

(g) Government of India has announced National Education Policy 2020, which aims to promote equity, inclusion and  quality education  for everyone  especially  for rural areas  students. Government has taken several initiatives to achieve this objective such as:

- A comprehensive initiative called PM e-VIDYA is launched which unifies all efforts related to digital/online/on-air education to enable multi-mode access to education. The key components under  PM  e-VIDYA  are  Digital  Infrastructure  for  Knowledge  Sharing  (DIKSHA),  DTH  TV Channels,  Extensive  use  of  Radio,  Community  radio  and  Podcasts,  Special  e-Content  for CWSN
- With an aim to provide high quality content to learners through DTH (free to air), Department of Higher Education has collaborated with several leading HEIs. Multiple channels have been allocated  to  different  institutes  such  as  IIT  Madras,  IIT(Bombay),  IIT(Delhi),  IIT(Kanpur), IIT(Kharagpur),  IIT(Gandhinagar),  IIT(Tirupati),  IGNOU,  CEC/UGC,  University  of  Hyderabad and  National  Sanskrit  University  for  development  and  broadcasting  content  of  different streams  e.g.,  Humanities,  Engineering,  Commerce  and  Health  Sciences  etc.  This  aims  to facilitate students of remote areas pursuing Higher Education.
- SWAYAM The  'Study  Webs  of  Active  Learning  for  Young  Aspiring  Minds'  (SWAYAM)  is  a programme  started  by  Government  of  India  to  achieve  the  three  cardinal  principles  of Education Policy  viz.,  access,  equity  and  quality.  These  principles  are  achieved  through  an indigenously developed IT platform that facilitates hosting of all the courses curated by subject experts of IITs, IIMs, Various Universities IGNOU, etc.

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