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DESH-Stack e-portal

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  • Published
    3rd Feb, 2022

In a positive development, the Finance Minister announced the setting up of the “DESH-Stack e-portal”, during Budget 2022 speech.

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In a positive development, the Finance Minister announced the setting up of the “DESH-Stack e-portal”, during Budget 2022 speech.

DESH-Stack e-portal

  • DESH stands for “Digital Ecosystem for Skilling and Livelihood”. 
  • This portal aims to empower citizens to skill, upskill or re-skill through online training. 
  • It will also provide API-based trusted skill credentials, discovery layers and payment to find entrepreneurial opportunities and relevant jobs. 
  • The portal will be aligned with industry requirements and help in improving and strengthening the education and skill ecosystem in India.

Other initiatives announced in the Education Sector

  • Digital University: A digital university will be established to provide access to world-class quality universal education to students across the country with a personalised learning experience at their doorsteps in different languages.
    • The university will be built on a networked hub-spoke model with the collaboration of best public universities and institutions in the country.
  • Virtual Labs: 750 virtual labs in science and mathematics and 75 e-labs for skilling with simulated learning environments are to be set-up in 2022-23.
  • World–class foreign universities and institutions will be allowed in the GIFT City to offer courses in various subjects like Financial Management, FinTech, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
  • Expansion of One Class-One TV Channel programme of PM e-VIDYA from 12 to 200 TV channels.
    • This will enable all states to provide quality supplementary education in regional languages for classes 1-12.
  • Teachers will be encouraged to develop quality e-content in different languages and different subjects so that any teacher or student can access the content from anywhere and get benefitted.
  • Government will set up an animation, visual effects, gaming, and comic (AVGC) promotion task force to realise the potential of this sector.

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