Announcing the fifth and last installment of the Covid-19 package of 20 lakh crore, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today informed that the government has taken several steps to promote online education during the lockdown. The government will immediately launch PM e-Vidya program for multi-mode access to digital / online education. Under the PM e-Vidya program, 12 DTH channels will be introduced, each of which will be dedicated from class 1 to 12, the Finance Minister said.
The top 100 universities will be permitted to start online courses by May 30, Finance Minister said. The varsities include IITs, IIMs, institutes of eminence and national institutes.
“The government has launched Swayam Prabha DTH channels to support and reach those who do not have access to the internet, now 12 more channels will be added,” said Finance Minister, as reported by ANI.
Swayamvar Prabha is the free-to-air education channel of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, a group of 32 DTH channels which is educational content. The channel teaches subjects like arts, science, commerce, performing arts, social sciences and humanities, engineering, technology, medicine and agriculture.
All of the 32 Swayam Prabha channels offer users around six hours of pre-recorded content on four different subjects daily. It also allows students to clear their doubts by calling on a dedicated helpline.
On Saturday, Sitharaman unveiled the fourth set of the economic package for eight sectors — coal, minerals, defence production, civil aviation, power distribution, social infrastructure, space and atomic energy. An easing of limits on foreign direct investment in defence manufacturing, privatisation of six more airports, opening up of more airspace and allowing private sector in commercial coal mining were among key announcements made by her.
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