“SWAYAM” a free of cost course to residents of India
Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) lunched a programme "SWAYAM". Which is an instrument
for self-actualisation providing
opportunities for a life-long learning. Here learner can choose from hundreds
of courses, virtually every course that is taught at the
university / college / school level and these shall be offered by best of the teachers in India
and elsewhere. If a student is studying in any college,
he/she can transfer the credits earned by taking these courses into their
academic record. If you are, working or not working, in school or out of school, SWAYAM presents a unique educational opportunity to expand the horizons
of knowledge.
Government of India designed SWAYAM to achieve the three cardinal
principles of Education Policy viz., access, equity and quality in the objective
of best teaching learning resources to all, including the most disadvantaged. It
seeks to bridge the digital divide for students who have hitherto remained
untouched by the digital revolution and have not been able to join the
mainstream of the knowledge economy.
This is done
through an indigenous developed IT platform that facilitates hosting of all the
courses, taught in classrooms from 9th class till post-graduation to be
accessed by anyone, anywhere at any time. All the courses are interactive,
prepared by the best teachers in the country and are available, free of cost to
the residents in India. More than 1,000 specially chosen faculty and teachers
from across the Country have participated in preparing these courses.
The courses
hosted on SWAYAM will be in 4 quadrants –
(1) Video
lecture,
(2) Specially
prepared reading material that can be downloaded/printed
(3) Self-assessment
tests through tests and quizzes and
(4) An online
discussion forum for clearing the doubts. Steps have been taken to enrich the
learning experience by using audio-video and multi-media and state of the art
pedagogy / technology. In order to ensure best quality content are produced and
delivered, seven National Coordinators have been appointed: They are NPTEL for
engineering, UGC for
post-graduation education, CEC for under-graduate education, NCERT & NIOS for school
education, IGNOU for
out of the school students and IIMB for management studies.
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