Excelsior Correspondent
Jammu, Dec 18: CBSE has decided to launch VidyaDaan 2.0 with an aim to enable students to better understand and apply their knowledge of the concepts and topics to life experiences and teachers to prepare better and teach better through activity and experiential based teaching and learning.
CBSE’s initiative VidyaDaan is a program based on donation of e-content by teachers to synergize countrywide efforts on content development for providing schools and teachers in urban and rural areas with good quality e-content that can be used anytime, anywhere at no cost. VidyaDaan was launched on September 12, 2019 by Minister of HRD, Ramesh Pokhriyal.
Approximately 6000 content pieces are presently available on VidyaDaan for grades 6th to 10th from CBSE Schools for English, Hindi, Maths, Science, and Social Science subjects. The content can be viewed on www.diksha.gov.in/cbse or DIKSHA App can be downloaded from the play store for the purpose.
CBSE has requested panel of schools to express interest by 23.12.2019 for providing sample e-content to improve and/or replace existing e-content with high quality content on VidyaDaan for Grades- 1st to 12th vide Circular number CBSE/DIR (SE&TRG)/2019 dated 16.12.2019, details of which can be viewed on link http://cbseacademic.nic.in/web_material/Circulars/2019/80_Circular_2019.pdf available on Board’s website.
The sample content shared by schools will be reviewed by the Board and if found suitable, CBSE will reach out to select schools for contributing to VidyaDaan 2.0. CBSE will also recognize the effort of schools and teachers contributing to VidyaDaan by giving certificates/award to schools/individual teacher(s) and also weightage to Teacher(s) for national awards such as CBSE teacher awards.
The Board is also reaching out to esteemed panel of institutes such as IITs, IISERs, IIMs etc to support in this ambitious project and to do “Vidyadaan” of the three different types of content which will be uploaded on DIKSHA, for the benefit of the larger community of students and teachers.
Meanwhile, CBSE has requested all Indian Institute of Management to explore the possibility to design and offer some short term courses to Principals/teachers of the private independent schools affiliated to CBSE. It has also been requested to keep a reasonable fee for such programmes to facilitate participation of both well-resourced schools as well to schools situated in remote areas/ most educationally backward sectors of the country.
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