DIGITAL LEARNING

DIGITAL LEARNING

TOPIC: Education

Context- In her Budget speech, Sitharaman emphasised on strengthening digital modes of learning to aid supplementary teaching and proposed to establish a digital university.

Concept-

• Due to the pandemic-induced closure of schools, children, particularly in rural areas and those from SC and ST communities and other weaker sections, have lost almost two years of formal education.

The key highlights of the budget 2022-23 are as follows:

• ‘One class-One TV channel’ programme of PM eVIDYA to be expanded to 200 TV channels.
• Virtual labs and skilling e-labs to be set up to promote critical thinking skills and simulated learning environment.
• High-quality e-content will be developed for delivery through Digital Teachers.
• Digital University for world-class quality universal education with personalised learning experience to be established.
• Skill Development
• Digital Ecosystem for Skilling and Livelihood (DESH-Stack e-portal) will be launched to empower citizens to skill, reskill or upskill through on-line training.
• Startups will be promoted to facilitate ‘Drone Shakti’ and for Drone-As-A-Service (DrAAS).

Advantages of Digital Learning-