Epathshala app
Epathshala is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Education and NCRET.
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) is an autonomous organization set up in 1961 by the Government of India to assist and advise the Central and State Governments on policies and programmes for qualitative improvement in school education. The major objectives of NCERT and its constituent units are to undertake, promote and coordinate research in areas related to school education; prepare and publish model textbooks, supplementary material, newsletters, journals and develops educational kits, multimedia digital materials, etc. organise pre-service and in-service training of teachers; develop and disseminate innovative educational techniques and practices; collaborate and network with state educational departments, universities, NGOs and other educational institutions; act as a clearinghouse for ideas and information in matters related to school education, and act as a nodal agency for achieving the goals of Universalisation of Elementary Education. In addition to research, development, training, extension, publication and dissemination activities, NCERT is an implementation agency for bilateral cultural exchange programmes with other countries in the field of school education. The NCERT also interacts and works in collaboration with international organizations, visiting foreign delegations and offering various training facilities to educational personnel from developing countries.
The major constituent units of NCERT which are located in different regions of the country are:
Numerous Resources
The portal and mobile apps are the storehouses of- audios, videos, epubs, flipbooks etc.
Easy Access
Resources can be accessed through laptops, desktops, tablets and smartphones etc.
Multilingual
Resources are available in multiple languages i.e. Hindi, English, Urdu
Low Storage
The app is very small in size (less than 7Mb) and requires less memory.
Epathshala platform is available for Students, Teachers, Educators and Parents with valuable materials.
For Students, eTextbooks access digital textbooks for all classes on this portal.
Supplementary Books- Access graded materials on this portal.
Events- Participate in exhibitions, contests, festivals, workshops, etc
eResources- Access audios, videos, interactives, images, maps, question banks, etc.
Guidelines- Guidelines for Development of eContent and PRAGYATA
eComic Book on Accessibility- Access e-Comic cum
- National Institute of Education (NIE), New Delhi
- Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET), New Delhi
- Pandit Sundarlal Sharma Central Institute of Vocational Education (PSSCIVE), Bhopal
- Regional Institute of Education (RIE), Ajmer
- Regional Institute of Education (RIE), Bhopal
- Regional Institute of Education (RIE), Bhubaneswar
- Regional Institute of Education (RIE), Mysore
- North-East Regional Institute of Education (NERIE), Shillong
Joint Director
Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET)
National Council of Educational Research And Training (NCERT)
Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi-110016
Phone: +91-11- 26962580
Fax: 91-11- 26864141
Email: jdciet.ncert@nic.in
DIKSHA
DIKSHA (Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing) is a national platform for school education, an initiative of the National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT), Ministry of Education. DIKSHA was developed based on the core principles of open architecture, open access, open licensing diversity, choice and autonomy as outlined in the Strategy and Approach Paper for the National Teacher Platform released by the former Hon’ Minister for Human Resources Development Shri Prakash Javdekar in May 2017. DIKSHA itself was launched by the Hon’ Vice President of India on Sept 5th, 2017 and has since been adopted by 35 states/UTs across as well as CBSE and NCERT and by crores of learners and teachers.
DIKSHA is built on open source technology, made in India and made for India, which incorporates internet-scale technologies and enables several use-cases and solutions for teaching and learning. DIKSHA is built using MIT licensed open source technology called Sunbird, which is a digital infrastructure for learning and is designed to support multiple languages and solutions and offers over 100 microservices as building blocks for the development of platforms and solutions.
DIKSHA, as mentioned earlier, is available for the use of all states and UTs of India. Each state/UT leverages the DIKSHA platform in its way, as it has the freedom and choice to use the varied capabilities and solutions of the platform to design and run programs for its teachers and learners. DIKSHA policies and tools make it possible for the education ecosystem (educationists, experts, organisations, institutions - government, autonomous institutions, non-govt and private organisations) to participate, contribute and leverage a common platform to achieve learning goals at scale for the country.
DIKSHA can be accessed by learners and teachers across the country and currently supports 18+ languages and the various curricula of NCERT, CBSE and SCERTs across India. The platform is being leveraged and developed for school education, foundational learning programs and to support inclusive learning for underserved and differently-abled communities of learners and teachers.
In the context of COVID-19 related disruption of schooling, DIKSHA makes it possible for all states/UTs to enable learning/education at home through innovative state programs; hence leapfrogging the use of technology for the benefit of teachers and learners across India.
DIKSHA for Mobile
The DIKSHA platform offers engaging learning material, relevant to the prescribed school curriculum, to teachers, students and parents. Download the DIKSHA app and scan QR codes in your textbooks for easy access to all your lessons. {Android 5.1 and above}
SWAYAM
SWAYAM is a centralised programme initiated by the Government of India and designed to achieve the three primary principles of Education Policy viz., access, equity and quality. The purpose of this programme, to provide the best teaching-learning resources to all. SWAYAM makes the bridge between digital study and students who have remained untouched by the digital revolution till now and have not been able to join the mainstream of the knowledge economy.
It provides the hosting of all the courses taught in classrooms from Class 9 till post-graduation. It can be accessed by anyone, anywhere at any time. All the courses are interactive and prepared by the best teachers in the country and are available, free of cost to any learner. In the Swayam programme, more than 1,000 specially chosen faculty and teachers from across the country have participated to make these courses.
The courses hosted on SWAYAM are in 4 quadrants –
(1) Video lecture.
(2) Specially prepared reading material that can be downloaded or printed.
(3) Self-assessment tests through tests and quizzes.
(4) An online discussion forum for clearing doubts.
Swayam Benefits:
Best in class instructors empowers you with knowledge and skills.
Weekly assignments ensure your progress on time.
Proctored exams controlled through our authorised partners.
Easy credit transfer complementing your academic program.
Active local chapters improve the effectiveness of massive online open courses.
A systematic approach enables you towards desired learning goals.
These steps have been taken to enrich the learning experience by using audio-video and multi-media and state of the art pedagogy/technology.
To ensure that the best quality of content producing and delivering, nine National Coordinators have been appointed. They are:
- AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) for self-paced and international courses
- NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning) for Engineering
- UGC (University Grants Commission) for non-technical post-graduation education
- CEC (Consortium for Educational Communication) for under-graduate education
- NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) for school education
- NIOS (National Institute of Open Schooling) for school education
- IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University) for out-of-school students
- IIMB (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore) for management studies
- NITTTR (National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research) for Teacher Training programme
Courses delivered through SWAYAM are available free of cost to the learners. However, learners wanting a SWAYAM certificate should register for the final proctored exams that come at a fee and attend in-person at designated centres on specified dates. Eligibility for the certificate will be announced on the course page and learners will get certificates only if these criteria are matched. Universities/colleges approving credit transfers for these courses can use the marks/certificate obtained in these courses for the same.
School education- NIOS, NCERT
Out-of-school Education- IGNOU, NITTTR
Under Graduate Education- NPTEL, AICTE, CEC, IIMB
Post Graduate Education- NPTEL, AICTE, IIMB, UGC
Credit Transfer
UGC has already issued the UGC (Credit Framework for online learning courses through SWAYAM) Regulation 2016 advising the Universities to identify courses where credits can be transferred on to the academic record of the students for courses done on SWAYAM. AICTE has also put out a gazette notification in 2016 and subsequently for the adoption of these courses for credit transfer.
The current SWAYAM platform is developed by the Ministry of Education and NPTEL, IIT Madras with the help of Google Inc. and Persistent Systems Ltd.
National Digital Library of India
Ministry of Human Resource Development under its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology has initiated the National Digital Library of India shortly NDLI pilot project to develop a framework of virtual repository of learning resources with a single-window search facility. Filtered and federated searching is employed to facilitate focused searching so that learners can find out the right resource with the least effort and in minimum time. NDL India is designed to hold the content of any language and provides interface support for leading vernacular languages. It is being arranged to provide support for all academic levels including researchers and life-long learners, all disciplines, all popular forms of access devices and differently-abled learners. It is being developed to help students to prepare for entrance and competitive examination, to enable people to learn and prepare from best practices from all over the world and to facilitate researchers to perform inter-linked exploration from multiple sources.
Features of National Digital Library of India
• A single-window search facility to the ever-growing digital content repository
• Different ways to browse content repository: Browse by content type, Browse by source, Browse by subject and Browse by learning resource type
• Filtering result of search and browse with facet based refinement options
• Contents relevant for different levels of users
• Contents available for different subject domains: Technology, Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Science etc.
• App and content may be accessed in three different languages: English, Hindi and Bengali
Note: User phone state is required to uniquely generate an id (required) by encrypting your Phone state-specific information and this id initiates the handshaking mechanism with the NDL API for connection establishment. This mechanism is there to ensure and enable security. Please allow all the permissions to enable the mandatory security features.
National Digital library provides materials available for school, CBSC examination preparation contents, Engineering, Science, Humanities, Literatures, Law & Management and along with some featured collections, Covid-19 research repository. Log in here to get all types of resources, such as Books, AudioBooks/Lectures, Video lectures, Lecture Presentations/Notes, simulations, Question Papers, Solutions, etc. available. Content of all available in 17 languages. User interface available in widely used Hindi, English and Bengali.
National Testing Abhyas app
National Testing Abhyas app was created by National Testing Agency shortly NTA the governing body that conducts multiple competitive exams across India. The app is designed to give students exposure to Computer-Based Tests (CBT) being conducted by NTA where students can experience Computer-Based Mock Tests for JEE MAIN and NEET on their mobile or tablet without any cost.
Get access to New Mock Tests released every day on the app, and fine-tune your final preparations for competitive exams like IIT JEE MAIN, NEET (for now) in Hindi and English. See your Mock Test results immediately after giving the test, with AI-driven analytics that provide actionable feedback to help you score better in competitive exams like IIT JEE MAINS, NEET, and more. It assists you in understanding where you are going wrong, with its question-wise analysis and time management strategies.
National Test Abhyas App consists of Mock Tests with different types of questions and varying difficulty levels that will help you gain the confidence needed to clear the actual exam with ease.