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SWAYAM has accumulated 203 partnering institutes, 2,748 completed courses, 12,541,992 student enrollments, 915,538 exam registrations, and 654,664 successful certificates. [ 7 ] SWAYAM (meaning 'Self' in Sanskrit ) [ 8 ] is an acronym that stands for "Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds" [ 9 ]
NPTEL is the largest e-repository in the world of courses in engineering, basic sciences and selected humanities and management subjects. [1] The platform and materials have been jointly developed by Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute of Science. [2] The initiative is funded by the central Ministry of Education. The ...
All previously operational local chapters are now collectively offering courses under SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds). This is done through a platform that facilitates hosting of all the courses, taught in classrooms from Class 9 till post-graduation. All the courses are interactive and free of cost to any learner.
A massive open online course (MOOC / m uː k /) or an open online course is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the Web. [1] In addition to traditional course materials, such as filmed lectures, readings, and problem sets, many MOOCs provide interactive courses with user forums or social media discussions to ...
Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at school, [1] [2] or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance. [3] Traditionally, this usually involved correspondence courses wherein the student corresponded with the school via mail.
Vidya Bharati (short for Vidya Bharati Akhil Bharatiya Shiksha Sansthan) is the educational wing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). It runs one of the largest private network of schools in India, operating 12,000 schools with over 3.2 Million students, as of 2016 [1] [2] and has its registered headquarters in Lucknow with a functional headquarters in Delhi and a sub-office in Kurukshetra.
As of 2016, a small number of courses continue to use the extension, although it is still active on other Wikipedias. Note that some courses from 2014 and 2015 are duplicated on the Wiki Ed Dashboard and the course page extension. On June 30, 2018, the Education Extension was shut down. [1]
A survey of 1,500 adults who planned to enroll in a course or program within the next two years determined that while nearly half of respondents believed that the value of education had risen due to the recession, over two-thirds said the state of the economy had affected their plans to pursue continuing education. [16]