Union Minister of Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India, Dharmendra Pradhan launched the ‘SWAYAM Plus’ platform, that will offer courses developed collaboratively with the industry in Delhi 27th Feb 2024.

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Union Minister of Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India, Dharmendra Pradhan launched the ‘SWAYAM Plus’ platform, that will offer courses developed collaboratively with the industry in Delhi 27th Feb 2024. These employability and professional development‐focused programs have been developed with leading industry players such as L&T, Microsoft, CISCO etc to bring to its learners. Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) will be operating the ‘SWAYAM Plus’ Platform. The Key Features of SWAYAM Plus include: Multilingual content: The platform will be multilingual, encouraging a diverse audience to choose SWAYAM Plus as a platform of choice. AI-Enabled chatbot: An AI-enabled chatbot will assist the students choose the right courses based on their needs. Credit Recognition: Credit equivalency shall be established for courses offered by industry players.


      IIT Madras was among the founder institutions of Swayam-NPTEL, the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platform providing educational opportunities for a vast number of learners.

      A popular e-learning platform, SWAYAM has the largest enrolment base today, with the total enrolment increasing from 31 lakh in 2017 to more than 72 lakh by end of 2023.

     

 

     


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