Education Minister launches SWAYAM Plus platform
- Recently, the Union Minister of Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship launched the ‘SWAYAM Plus’ platform.
SWAYAM Plus Platform
- This platform offers courses developed collaboratively with industry leaders focusing on employability and professional development.
- It will offer programmes in several sectors like manufacturing, energy, computer science, engineering, management studies, healthcare, hospitality, tourism, and Indian knowledge systems.
- It features innovative elements such as multilingual content (available in 12 major Indian languages of the country), AI-enabled chatbot and credit recognition.
- The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT Madras) will operate the ‘SWAYAM Plus’ Platform.
- IIT Madras is a founder institution of Swayam-NPTEL and the MOOC platform.
Objectives
- To build an ecosystem for all stakeholders in professional and career development
- Including learners, course providers, industry, academia, and strategic partners.
- To enable a mechanism for recognizing high-quality certifications and courses offered by the best industry and academia partners.
- To reach a large learner base across the country, with a particular emphasis on tiers 2 and 3 towns and rural areas.
- To bring in features such as mentorship, scholarships, and job placements to the platform, creating a comprehensive digital ecosystem for upskilling and re-skilling at all levels viz. certificate, diploma, or degree.
Significance
- The exposure through these courses would equip students with theoretical knowledge, practical skills, and awareness of latest job market trends.
- The courses would bridge the gap between academia and industry, making college graduates more job-ready and competitive.
Prelims Takeaway
- SWAYAM Plus Platform
- SWAYAM Platform