Shiksha Saptah Day 5 -Technology in Education Divas (26.07.2024)

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Shiksha Saptah Day 5 -Technology in Education Divas (26.07.2024)

Day 5: “Technology in Education Divas”

Context:

National Education Policy 2020 recognizing the fact that digital technology can have a far reaching impact on ensuring equity, accessibility and quality of education, states in Para 23.5 that the thrust of technological interventions will be for the purposes of improving teaching learning and evaluation processes, supporting teacher preparation and professional development, enhancing educational access, and streamlining educational planning, management, and administration including processes related to admissions, attendance, assessments, etc.

In this regard, a comprehensive initiative called PM e-VIDYA was launched by the department of school education and literacy on 17^th May 2020 as a part of the AtmaNirbhar Bharat Programme, which unifies all efforts related to digital/online/on-air education to enable coherent multi-mode access to education.

Objectives:

1. Highlight NEP 2020 focus on technology
2. Showcase the benefits of digital education
3. Promote the new technology initiatives such as 200 Educational TV Channels
4. Engage with educators, students, and parents
5. Create buzz and media coverage

Event Details:

1. Venue and Date:
   • Venue: Anchor event at NCERT with detailed advisory to schools to do similar event at their premise
   • Date: Day 5 of Shiksha Saptah
2. Target Audience:
   • Educators (teachers, professors)
   • Students (primary, secondary, and tertiary levels)
   • Parents
   • Media representatives
   • Educational influencers and bloggers

Materials and Resources:

• For all workshops:
  • Projector and screen for presentations.
  • Computers or tablets for participants.
  • Printed handouts and digital resources.
  • Feedback forms.

• For Workshop 1:
  • Sample TV episodes.
  • Lesson plan templates.
• For Workshop 2:
  • Access to the digital education platform.
  • Step-by-step guides for using the platform.
• For Workshop 3:
  • Content creation tools (e.g., video editing software).

Scripting and storyboarding templates

Important Technology Driven Interventions from Ministry of Education:

PM e-VIDYA initiative overarches various products that enable learners to learn more in their respective field.

DIKSHA (Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing):

• Total Learning sessions on DIKSHA: 531+ crores
• Total Learning in minutes on DIKSHA: 6,206+ crore minutes
• Total number of page hits on DIKSHA (30-11-2022 to 29-11-2023): 251+ crore
• Average daily page hits (Last 1 Year from 30-11-2022 to 29-11-2023): 95 lakh+
• Serves as a unified national digital platform for education, hosting a vast repository of eBooks and e-contents.
• Over 6,500 energized textbooks are available in 77 Indian languages, accessed daily by lakhs of learners.
• A shining example of tech-enabled learning and a significant Digital Public Good for the global south.

PM eVidya TV Channels:

• The “One Class, One TV Channel” program, initially comprising 12 free DTH channels, has now expanded to 200 channels. This expansion aims to provide supplementary education in regional languages for students from Classes 1 to 12
• These channels have been allocated to all States / UTs / Autonomous Bodies to offer high quality education e-content.
• About 13,667 e-content from various organizations reviewed till date
• As of now, 114 YouTube channels are actively live for video simulcast. Additionally, signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with YouTube is underway to establish 200 YouTube channels. These channels will further enhance educational content delivery and accessibility.

Radio Broadcasting/Mobile Podcasts:

• 4,241 curriculum-based radio programs disseminated on 400 radio stations, including 11 GyanVani FM Radio Stations, 257 Community Radio Stations, and 132 All India Radio stations.
• 4,157 live programs broadcasted on iRadio.
• Utilization of iRadio and JioSaavn Mobile apps to disseminate educational content.

Special Initiatives for Inclusivity:

• Development of content in Indian Sign Language (ISL), Talking Books (in Daisy format), and Audio Books for children with special needs.
• A total of 4,247 Indian Sign Language-related videos and approximately 4,470 audiobook chapters developed and disseminated.

Virtual Labs:

A vertical for virtual labs has been created on DIKSHA, with over 280 virtual labs currently operational

Vidya Samiksha Kendra (VSK):

• Implementation Across States/UTs:
  • 34 States/UTs have been granted funds to set up Vidya Samiksha Kendra (VSK)
  • VSK monitors various aspects, including enrolled students, learning at home, dropouts, child labour mainstreamed, student learning, registries, out-of-school children, textbook delivery, support required by teachers and schools, etc.

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