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Context
- Union HRD Ministry has launched one of world’s largest Integrated Online Junction for – School Education ‘Shagun’.
- Announced the setting up of the Integrated National School Education Treasury (INSET).
SHAGUN
- School Education Shagun is an overarching initiative to improve school education system by creating a junction for all online portals
- The word Shagun is coined from two different words- ‘Shala’ meaning Schools and ‘Gunvatta’ meaning Quality.
- This online junction of different websites and portals into a single platform (INSET) • Integrated National School Education Treasury
INSET
- INSET envisages a fully integrated, instantly accessible and seamless information network for all parameters relating to the students, teachers, and schools in the country.
4 DIGITAL INITIATIVES TO PUSH E-EDUCATION
- SWAYAM & SWAYAM PRABHA
- National Digital Library
- National Academic Depository
OPERATION DIGITAL BOARD
- The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has launched Operation Digital Board (ODB) to leverage technology in order to boost quality education in the country.
- ODB aims to have digital and interactive boards in every classroom, which is on the lines of Operation Blackboard which was started in 1987 to supply the bare minimum crucial facilities to all primary schools in the country.
INITIATIVES TAKEN BY THE HRD MINISTRY
- Education for Girls
- Persons with Special Needs
- Initiatives for the North East
- ICT enabled enhancement of learning opportunities
- Augmenting Research
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