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National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT) 3.0

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  • Published
    7th Jan, 2022

Recently, the Union Education & Skill Development Minister launched NEAT (National Educational Alliance for Technology) 3.0, a single platform to provide the best-developed ed-tech solutions and courses to Indian students. 

Context

Recently, the Union Education & Skill Development Minister launched NEAT (National Educational Alliance for Technology) 3.0, a single platform to provide the best-developed ed-tech solutions and courses to Indian students. 

About NEAT

  • National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT) is an initiative to provide the use of best-developed technological solutions in the education sector to enhance the employability of the youth on a single platform for learners' convenience.
  • These solutions use Artificial Intelligence for a personalized and customized learning experience for better learning outcomes and skill development in the niche areas. 
  • AICTE, MoE is acting as the facilitator in the process while ensuring that the solutions are freely available to a large number of socially and economically backward students. 
  • NEAT has 58 Education Technology Companies with 100 products that help to develop employable skills, capacity building, and bridge learning gaps.

Significance of the Initiative

  • NEAT will be a game-changer in bridging the digital divide, especially among the economically disadvantaged students and also in fulfilling the knowledge-based requirement of India and the world. 
  • 58 global and Indian start-up ed-tech companies are on-board NEAT and are offering 100 courses & e-resources for bettering learning outcomes, developing employable skills and overcoming learning loss. 
  • More than 12 lakh socially and economically disadvantaged students have received free ed-tech course coupons worth over 253.72 crore under NEAT 3.0.

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