SWAYAM - GS questions based on daily current affairs

1)   ‘SWAYAM Prabha’ project is related to

a. Education
b. Women empowerment
c. Self-help groups
d. None of the above
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: Education

Explanation:

  • Government has approved a project to launch the ‘SWAYAM Prabha’ - a project for operationalizing 32 Direct to Home (DTH) Television Channels for providing high quality educational content to all teachers, students and citizens across the country interested in lifelong learning. There will be new content of four hours every day, which would be telecast six times a day allowing the student to choose the time of his/her convenience.
  • The main features are - Curriculum based course contents covering diverse disciplines; and it covers all level of education.
2)   The eClassroom programme is known as

a. e-Shala
b. e-Pathshala
c. National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology
d. SWAYAM
Answer  Explanation 

ANSWER: SWAYAM

Explanation:

  • The Ministry of HRD has a proposal to impart education through e-Classes and e-books for the college students.
  • About 93,000 e-Books for the college students are already available under National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) Programme.
  • However, education through e-Classes under a programme called Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds (SWAYAM) is likely to begin around August, 2016 and it shall make available ‘On Line Courses’ called ‘MOOCs’ for students from class 9 to 12, Under Graduate and Post Graduate classes in all the disciplines.

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