Lok Sabha Question No. 4022 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-18
Subject: Digitization of Study Curriculum of Schools and Colleges
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4022 ANSWERED ON 18/08/2025

## Digitization of Study Curriculum of Schools and Colleges

4022. Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the initiative taken by the Government to digitize the existing study curriculum in Schools and Colleges;
- (b) the details of budget allocation for digitization of study curriculum along with timeline for completion of the task;
- (c) the details of key policies/guidelines governing the fund in such ongoing project;
- (d) the details of challenges being faced in the utilization of fund for the said projects; and

(e)  the  details  of  measures  taken  to  ensure  transparency  and  accountability  in utilization of funds in ongoing projects?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e) Education is part of the Concurrent List of the Constitution and most of the schools  are  under  the  administration  of  the  respective  State  Governments.  The National  Education  Policy  (NEP),  2020  lays  utmost  emphasis  on  education including  foundational  literacy,  numeracy  and  digital  literacy  for  achieving  the overall goal of quality education for all. NEP is the first education policy of the 21st century and envisions transformation of the education sector into a more holistic, flexible and multidisciplinary one, suited to 21st century needs.

A comprehensive initiative called ' PM eVidya ' was initiated as part of 'Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan' on 17th May, 2020, which unifies all efforts related to digital/online/on-air education to enable multi-mode access to education across the country. 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/UTs along with QR coded Energised Textbooks (ETBs) for all grades. As a participant in DIKSHA, States/ Union Territories (UTs)/Autonomous Bodies (ABs) including the State of Uttar Pradesh have generated and contributed over 3.69 lakh content to enable them for providing for supplementary education as per their requirement in mother tongue/local/regional languages for classes 1-12. 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.

The Ministry of Education through National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has digitised and energised all the 404 textbooks including the new ones commencing from the Foundational Stage and extending onwards as Energised Text Books (ETBs) with QR codes. NCERT has also translated textbooks for  Classes  1,  2,  3  and  6  for  all  subjects  in  22  scheduled  languages  to  provide education in child's own  language.  The  ETBs  are  available  on  DIKSHA (http://diksha.gov.in), ePathshala (http://epathshala.nic.in) and NCERT  portal (https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php),  enabling  easy  access  to  students,  teachers  and parents. The QR codes are linked to multiple learning resources in electronic format. States/UTs  have  converted  around  6778  textbooks  into  ETBs.  The  curriculum contents and books created by AICTE are posted on e-KUMBH portal and accessible free  of  cost  for  all  stakeholders.  In  most  of  the  States/  UTs/ABs  funding  for curriculum digitisation is part of regular workstream funds.

To maintain transparency and accountability in utilisation of funds in ongoing projects, the following measures have been taken: All payments including those to employees,  vendors  and  participants  (apart  from  tax  payments  like  income  tax payments, TDS and GST) are made through Public Financial Management System (PFMS).

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