There is a big news for the more than 14 lacs students of class 10th and 12th lakh, as they are going to get their books without any charge. Some of the books are already available and now with the #DigitalIndia mission all books will now be available in coming days.
As per theAccording to Human Resource Development (HRD) minister Smriti Irani,NCERT has already made some of its books available online through its mobile app and e-books, and will look to add CBSE books, videos and other learning material. and All CBSE textbooks and other learning material will be made available online by the NCERT.
“We made NCERT books available online for free through e-books and mobile applications a month-and-a-half ago. We are similarly going to make CBSE books available online along with additional learning material and videos as part of our good governance efforts,” Irani said at the inauguration of a new building of the school in Khichripur.
Says Smriti Irani in At a function organised at a Kendriya Vidyalaya in east Delhi.
This is a really big decision as digitalizations in the education field is really important as this may impact large number of people In rural India.
Government is also taking more people online with the partnership of state owned BSNL with Facebook to offer free WiFi
How you can get these Books ?
The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) currently offers copyrighted textbooks online for classes I to XII in Hindi, English and Urdu.
- The online textbooks can be accessed from here
- After that you need to select Class and Subject
- The Title list is populated after selection of class and subject
- When Title is selected the respective books is made available.
Digital India For Education
There are many updates in the field of education. These includes
- HRD ministry has set up National Institutional Ranking Framework all educational institutes and universities will get rankings by April 2016
- Government launches GIAN a government project to boost the higher education in India
- In the month of November, Smriti Irani had announced ‘e-Pathshala’ program. Besides desktop, these books would be now available on mobile based apps as well.
- Khan Academy has also launched their India-centric website in Hindi, and made the content available in Hindi.
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