ECONOMIC SURVEY 2020-21: EDUCATION

Jan. 30, 2021

The Economic Survey 2020-21 states that online schooling took off in a big way during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • The percentage of enrolled children from government and private schools owning a smartphone increased enormously from 36.5 per cent in 2018 to 61.8 per cent in 2020 in rural India.

  • PM eVIDYA which is a comprehensive initiative to unify all efforts related to digital/online/on-air education to enable multi-mode and equitable access to education for students and teachers.

  • Around 92 courses have started and 1.5 crore students are enrolled under Swayam MOOCs which are online courses relating to NIOS.

  • PRAGYATA guidelines on digital education have been developed with a focus on online/blended/digital education for students who are presently at home due to closure of schools.

  • The MANODARPAN initiative for psychological support has been included in Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.

  • India has attained a literacy level of almost 96 per cent at the elementary school level. As per National Sample Survey (NSS), the literacy rate of persons of age 7 years and above at the All India level stood at 77.7 per cent.

Source : PIB

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