SWAYAM () is an Indian government portal for a free open online course (MOOC) platform providing educational courses for university and college learners.
History
The SWAYAM initiative was launched by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (now renamed as Ministry of Education), Government of India under Digital India to give a coordinated stage and free entry to web courses, covering all advanced education, high school, and skill sector courses. It was launched on 9 July 2017 by Pranab Mukherjee, President of India.
Activities The SWAYAM platform offers free access to everyone and hosts courses from class 9 to post-graduation. It enables professors and faculty of centrally funded institutes like IITs, IIMs, IISERs, etc. to teach students.
To date, a total of 11772 courses have been offered through SWAYAM, and about 1182 courses are on offer in the January 2024 Semester. As per Department of Higher Education (India), about 1.21 Crore unique users/registrations have been made on the SWAYAM platform, and more than 4 Crore enrolments have been made in various courses offered on SWAYAM.MoE Annual Report 2023-2024
A total of 859 Indian Sign Language videos for primary classes have been produced and regularly telecast on PM eVIDYA DTH TV channels. This aligns with the National Education Policy 2020 which reiterates the need for development of National and State Curriculum materials for use by students with hearing impairment.
SWAYAM has been developed cooperatively by the Ministry of Education and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), with the help of Microsoft. SWAYAM has accumulated 203 partnering institutes, 2,748 completed courses, 12,541,992 student enrollments, 915,538 exam registrations, and 654,664 successful certificates.
SWAYAM (meaning 'Self' in Sanskrit) is an acronym that stands for "Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds"
Functionality SWAYAM operates MOOCs learning resources in different ways and structures. Learning is delivered in four ways; e-Tutorial, e-Content, discussion forums and, self-assessment.
The first quadrant is direct teaching, which means that there is not much extra work by students. It could include teaching video, animation, PowerPoint presentations, Podcast, and so on. These will depend on the individual subject and the strategy adopted by the teacher.
The second quadrant is an e-content which could include e-books, illustrations, Case studies, Open source content, reference links, further reading sources, etc.
The third quadrant is about clearing students' queries where students can interact with each other and faculty; any student or faculty can answer a student’s question.
The fourth quadrant is self-assessment to check what a student has studied and whether they are eligible to get a certificate. This includes tests in the form of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), quiz or short answer questions, long answer questions, etc. The fourth quadrant also has Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and their answers to clarify common misconceptions among students.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) considers that universities should play a key role in publicizing and popularizing SWAYAM courses among their learners and the university, enabling them to gain from MOOCs on a more extensive footing.
National coordinators Ten national coordinators are appointed to manage the course content. Each coordinator is assigned a particular area for maintenance. All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has been appointed as a National coordinator by MoE for self-paced and international courses. National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) has been as a appointed National coordinator by MoE for engineering sector courses. University Grants Commission (UGC) has been appointed as a National coordinator by MoE for non-technical post-graduate education. Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) has been appointed as a National coordinator by MoE for undergraduate education. National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has been appointed as a National coordinator by MoE for school education. National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) has been appointed as a National coordinator by MoE for school education. Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has been appointed as a National coordinator by MoE for out-of-school students. Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) has been appointed as a National coordinator by MoE for management studies. National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR) has been appointed as a National coordinator by MoE for Teacher training program. INI-Institute of National Importance has been appointed as a National Coordinator by MoE for Teacher training program.
Courses offered SubjectNo. of coursesOffered by/under
SCHOOLAccountancy3NCERTBiology3NCERTBusiness studies2NCERTChemistry3NCERTEconomics2NCERTFood Nutrition for Healthy Living1NCERTGeography4NCERTMathematics3NCERTPhysics4NCERTPsychology3NCERTSociology2NCERT
Undergraduate coursesEngineeringAerospace1- IIT MadrasBioengineering3- IIT MadrasBiotechnology1- IIT MadrasChemical1- IIT MadrasCivil1- IIT MadrasComputer Science18- Punjabi University - Panjab University - Anna University - Gujarat University - IIT Madras - IGNOUElectrical4- IIT MadrasElectronics115- IIT Madras
- Anna University - IIT Mumbai - IIT Kanpur - IIT Roorkee - IIT Kharagpur - IISc - IIT Delhi - IIT Guwahati - IISER Kolkata - IIIT DelhiEnvironment1- Devi Ahilya VishwavidyalayaGeneral31- IIT Madras
- IIT Kanpur
- IIT Roorkee
- IIT Kharagpur
- IIT MumbaiGeology1- Dr. Harisingh Gour VishwavidyalayaGraphics1- IIT MadrasInstrumentation-and-Control1- IIT MadrasMechanical8- IIT MadrasMetallurgy1- IIT Madras
ManagementEntrepreneurship2- IIT MadrasFinance1- IIT MadrasHuman Resources1- IIT MadrasMarketing3- Jai Narain Vyas University
- SP Pune University
- IIT MadrasOperations Research1- IIT MadrasServices2- IIT Madras - IIM Bangalore
ScienceBiochemistry1- IIT MadrasBiology1- Gujarat UniversityChemistry5- IGNOU
- IIT Roorkee
- University of Delhi
- IIT MadrasGenetics1- University of KashmirPhysics2- IIT Madras - University of HyderabadSericulture1- University of MysoreZoology1- Gujarat University
MathematicsBasic2- IIT Madras - Shiv Nadar UniversityCalculus2- IIT MadrasStatistics3- University of Calicut
- IIT MadrasHumanities
HumanitiesArcheology2- Manipur University
- IIT DelhiEconomics1- IIT MadrasEthics2- IIT Madras
- Jadavpur UniversityGeography2- University of MysoreHistory2- St Xaviers Autonomous College – Kolkata
- Punjabi UniversityPopulation Studies1- Madurai Kamaraj UniversityPsychology3- The English & Foreign Languages University
- IIT MadrasSociology1- University of CalicutPhilosophy & Religious Studies2 - FLAME University
LanguageEnglish5- IIT MadrasLiterature1- The English & Foreign Languages UniversityGerman2- IIT MadrasRussian2- Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Arts & RecreationAudio-Visual Media1- Shiv Nadar UniversityFilms1- IIT MadrasMusic1- IIT MadrasPerforming Arts1- IIT MadrasPhotography1- Devi Ahilya VishwavidyalayaScript Writing1- St Xavier’s Autonomous College – KolkataVisual Art1- IIT Madras
GeneralResearch1- University of HyderabadFilm Studies1- Central University of Kerala
Credit transfer All the courses offered by SWAYAM are recognized by the Government of India. All the courses are valid in the country. University Grants Commission announced a "Credit Framework for Online Learning Courses through SWAYAM" Regulations where credit transfer was defined. The UGC regulation requires Universities to make changes in their rules to incorporate provisions for credit mobility and MOOC courses under the SWAYAM platform. Certificates will be given upon completing the criteria of the course taken, and that certificate can be used for credit mobility for academic credits. The current guideline of UGC constrains just 20% of the courses for a degree-level program.
Local chapter NPTEL is a joint initiative of the IITs and IISC. NPTEL offers online courses and certifications in various fields and has set up a system to provide certificate courses in different colleges across India termed as NPTEL- local chapters. A local chapter will be under one faculty member of the college as one Single Point of Contact (SPOC).
Further under the SWAYAM-NPTEL webpage, two more departments are operated, i.e., timeline, list of active local chapters, local chapter ratings, etc. Other departments show news from local chapters, i.e., local chapter colleges/universities. Each Local Chapter has a separate Coordinator/SPOC.
SWAYAM PRABHA SWAYAM PRABHA is an education learning platform initiated by the Ministry of Education (MoE) available through 40 (initially 32) DTH channels. This initiative provides an educational program on television free of cost.Themes of programs on swayamprabha channels vary widely ranging from science,engineering to arts and political science.There are also dedicated channels related to Indian languages,cultural diversity and govt exams preparation like SSC,banking etc. As with the SWAYAM online portal, the content providers are NPTEL, IITs, UGC, NCERT etc.
In 2023, the SWAYAM PRABHA started broadcasting educational counselling in Meitei language (officially called Manipuri language) on behalf of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in Imphal. The live sessions for the lectures were archived on YouTube, thereby enriching and the resources for its learners in the language.
See also National Digital University Ministry of Education (India) Department of Higher Education (India) University Grants Commission (India) AICTE
National Education Policy 2020
References
External links swayam-plus Swayam Prabha