Lok Sabha Question No. 188 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-03
Subject: PM e-Vidya DTH Channel
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Smt. Kriti Devi Debbarman, Shri Shankar Lalwani, Shri Suresh Kumar Kashyap, Shri Devusinh Chauhan, Shri Vishnu Dayal Ram, Shri Dineshbhai Makwana, Shri Vijay Baghel, Shri Chandra Prakash Joshi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 188 ANSWERED ON 03/02/2025

## PM eVidya DTH Channel

188. Shri Suresh Kumar Kashyap:

Smt. Kriti Devi Debbarman:

Shri Chandra Prakash Joshi:

Shri Dineshbhai Makwana:

Shri Shankar Lalwani:

Shri Devusinh Chauhan:

Shri Vijay Baghel:

Shri Vishnu Dayal Ramis:

Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

- (a) the type of contents broadcasted by the PM eVidya DTH channel;
- (b) whether the channel broadcast in regional languages also and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  plans  to  integrate  the  PM  eVidya  DTH  with  other  digital  education initiatives such as Diksha platform;
- (d)  the  expected  outcomes  in  terms  of  educational  accessibility  for  the  hearing  impaired  students; and

(e) the details of the outcome in Himachal Pradesh by this initiative ?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (Shri Jayant Chaudhary)

(a) PM  eVidya  DTH  TV  Channels  telecast  primarily  curriculum-based  educational  video programs in  Indian  languages.  These  programs  cover  various  subjects  including  languages and vocational education as per the     school curriculum prescribed by NCERT/CBSE and the  SCERTs  and  school  education  boards  of  the  States/Union  Territories.  In  addition,  PM eVidya DTH TV Channels also broadcast various programs having curricular/co-curricular/ extra-curricular  values  such  as  art  and  craft,  health  education,  general  knowledge,  general awareness, value education, cultural heritage, yoga, sports, etc.

(b) PM eVidya DTH Channels currently telecast e-contents in 30 Indian languages including Hindi  and  English.  The  other  languages  are  1.  Assamese,  2.  Bengali,  3.  Galo,  4.  Garo,  5. Gujarati, 6. Idu, 7. Indian Sign Language (ISL) 8. Kaman, 9. Kannada, 10. Khasi, 11. Kok Borak,  12.  Konkani, 13.  Malayalam,  14.  Manipuri,  15.  Marathi,  16.  Mizo,  17.  Nepali,  18. Nyishi, 19. Odia 20. Punjabi, 21.  Sanskrit, 22. Tagin, 23. Tamil, 24. Tangsa, 25. Taraon, 26. Telugu, 27. Urdu, and 28. Wancho

(c) Yes, PM  eVidya initiative is aimed at convergence of all efforts related to digital/online/on-air  education  to  enable  multi-modal  access  to  education  in  a  resilient  and coherent way. To this effect, DIKSHA platform has been enabled for coherent access of the QR code embedded educational audio/video/multimedia programs disseminated through 200 PM  eVidya  DTH  TV  Channels  and  400  radio  stations  and  on  iRadio  in  a  simultaneous manner.

(d) PM  eVidya  DTH  TV  Channels'  initiative  includes  India's  first  television  channel  in Indian Sign Language (ISL), on Channel # 31 to promote accessible education for students with hearing disabilities. The expected outcomes in terms of educational accessibility to be achieved  through  this  novel  initiative  involves  to  disseminate  learning  content  for  school children, teachers, teacher educators, and other stakeholders in areas such as career guidance, skill  training, mental health, class wise curricular content, communication skills, as well as the promotion of sign language as a subject, just like any other languages.

(e) The State of Himachal Pradesh has been allotted 5 DTH TV channels under PM eVidya (viz.  DD  PM  eVIDYA  HP88,  89,  90,  91,  and  92).  As  on  date,  the  State  is  disseminating 3,683  numbers  of  e-content  approximately  equalling  638  hours  of  telecast  based  on NCERT/State syllabus.

In  DIKSHA,  Himachal  Pradesh  has  its  own  tenant  in  which  around  3542  e-resources (including  294  energized  textbooks,  868  text  documents,  2058  audios/videos  and  320 interactive  contents)  have  been  uploaded.  The  DIKSHA  platform  use  cases  in  Himachal Pradesh includes 1.9 Lakhs registered users and 829 daily active users. Also using NISHTHA courses on DIKSHA 100% teachers from Himachal Pradesh are trained on NISHTHA ECCE (342  master  trainer  teachers)  NISHTHA  Elementary  (12020  teachers)  and  NISHTHA Secondary (19580 teachers) courses. In NISHTHA  FLN,  5199 teachers completed certification course through DIKSHA platform.

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