Indian Govt. Aim To Offer 2000 Free Online Courses Through its Program Swayam
In a bid to promote affordable education, Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar today said the government aims to offer about 2,000 online courses within one year through Swayam an indigenously developed platform.
"Currently, 380 courses are offered through this platform and this will be enhanced to 2,000 courses in one year", he said after inauguration of a week-long Teachers Workshop at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here.
About 60,000 students have already completed their courses through this affordable platform launched last year. It makes knowledge available anytime anywhere like ATM offers cash, the minister said, adding that it can be termed ATL - Anytime Learning.
The platform provides high quality education on various subjects from school level (...