POLICIES AND INITIATIVES OF GOVERNMENT FOR PROMOTION OF ONLINE EDUCATION IN INDIA

Online or digital education in India is an innovative and big leap towards enhanced learning, structural development and knowledge acquisition through digital services and technology. The need for technology-based education in India has been heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has temporarily disrupted the Indian education system. Digital education in India is the way forward to learn and gain knowledge through technology. The Government of India plans and designs e-learning with digital pedagogy as a long-term strategy for the education sector. This has fostered a new era of learning that is not limited to schools. Today, the Ministry of Education is working on the concept of learning for all, by all and for all to enable better learning for students. As a part of this, the government has launched several programs and digital education guidelines with standards to address digital education and equitable learning in India. The new education policy approved in July 2020 proposes a digitally equipped school, more virtual laboratories and friendlier software to make teaching and learning more interesting and interactive. for Ensuring the quality of digital education at the primary school level requires the needs of both teachers and students skill Some notable initiatives in India in this direction are SWAYAM, NPTEL, ePGPathshala, MOOCS and many others.