PM e-VIDYA

About PM e-VIDYA

• It was launched as part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan by the Ministry of Education on 17th May 2020.
• It is aimed at bridging the digital divide and ensuring inclusive, quality education for all learners across the nation.
• Through its diverse components, it provides the necessary tools for both students and educators to adapt to a digital learning environment.
• It provides multi-mode access to education through digital, online, and on-air platforms to minimise learning losses.
• It supports the vision of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, ensuring equitable and quality education across the country.
• The initiative leverages technology to make education accessible to all students, including those in rural and remote areas, by providing a wide range of digital resources, courses, and interactive content.
• Components
  • DIKSHA (Digital Infrastructure for School Education): A national digital platform providing high-quality e-content, including QR-coded Energized Textbooks for all grades (one nation, one digital platform).
  • PM e-Vidya DTH TV Channels: It had initially 12 DTH channels, now expanded to 200 channels, providing supplementary education in multiple Indian languages for classes 1-12 across States/UTs.
  • SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds): A national MOOC platform offering higher education courses with credit transfer provisions. It also offers school courses (9th–12th) via NIOS and NCERT. Currently, over 10,000 courses are available, with 4.1 lakh students enrolled for NCERT courses.
  • Radio, Community Radio & CBSE Podcast - Shiksha Vani: These platforms are used to broadcast educational content to a wider audience, especially in areas with limited internet access.
  • e-Content for Teachers: It provides various e-courses and digital resources for school and teacher education include interactive videos, audiobooks, and digital events like quizzes for teachers and students.

Key facts about the PM e-Vidya DTH Channel 31 

• It is devoted to the promotion of the Indian Sign Language has been conceptualised to promote ISL as a language as well as a school subject, so that the larger population has access to learning the language.
• It is a 24x7 Channel that disseminates learning content for school children (Central & State Curriculum), teachers, teacher educators and other stakeholders.

Q1: What is digital divide?

The digital divide is the gap between those who have access to technology, the internet and digital literacy training and those who do not. It affects all generations – both rural and urban communities – and a wide variety of industries and sectors.

News:Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launches PMeVIDYA DTH 24x7 Channel No. 31 for Indian Sign Language