Centre's use of ICT in school education receives UNESCO's recognition

The initiative called PM eVIDYA unifies all efforts related to digital/online/on-air education to enable multi-mode access for imparting education by using technology to minimise learning losses New Delhi: The use of information and communications technology, under a comprehensive initiative called PM eVIDYA by the department of school education, Ministry of Education, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, won UNESCO’s recognition. The PM eVIDYA was initiated as part of Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan by the Ministry of Education on 17 May, 2020, which unifies all efforts related to digital/online/on-air education to enable multi-mode access for imparting education by using technology to minimise learning losses. Education ministry in a statement said that the Central Institute of Educational Technology, a constituent unit of the National Council of Educational Research and Training under the Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education, Government of India has been awarded the UNESCO’s King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the use of ICT in education for the year 2021. With a mandate to deploy affordable technology to enhance the educational opportunities for all, augment the quality of education and bring equity into the educational system in the country and keeping in view the recommendations of NEP-2020, the Ministry of Education through CIET, NCERT has been working tirelessly and meticulously in designing, developing and disseminating a large number of eBooks, eContent - audios, videos, interactives, augmented reality contents, Indian Sign Language videos, audiobooks, talking books, etc.