The Union Minister of Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan has launched the SWAYAM Plus Platform.
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan said that the Platform will widen the scope of the classroom adding 43 million students of Higher Education students and working professionals.
“The courses are needed for the industry, futuristic courses such as semi-conductors, Artificial Intelligence, etc. for the youth of the country”, he added.
He further said, “Applied education with SWAYAM Plus, employability, entrepreneurship, job-centric and hands-on training is a move towards that direction.”
SWAYAM Plus platform primarily focuses on achieving the following:
- Building an ecosystem for all stakeholders in professional and career development, including learners, course providers, industry, academia, and strategic partners.
- Enabling a mechanism that provides credit recognition for high‐quality certifications and courses offered by the best industry and academia partners.
- Reaching a large learner base by catering to learning across the country, with a focus on reaching learners from tier 2 and 3 towns and rural areas and Offering employment focused courses, based on learner needs – across chosen disciplines with options to learn through resources in vernacular languages.
- SWAYAM Plus also envisions bringing in features such as access to mentorship, scholarships, and job placements as value-added services in due course of time, thus building a digital ecosystem for learners to pursue upskilling/re-skilling at all levels, namely certificate, diploma, or degree.
According to Shri Pradhan, in order to achieve the vision of Viksit Bharat, where innovation knows no language, it is important for the courses to be offered in local languages to empower every student.
The Platform should go beyond STEM education and include subjects such as music, painting, creative arts, humanities, and liberal arts to foster all-round development in young individuals.
The inputs from Press Information Bureau Government of India
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