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HRD Minister releases ‘Pragyata’ guidelines for online education

Union Human Resource Development Ministry has released ‘Pragyata’ guidelines for Digital Education. As per the guidelines, online classes for pre-primary students should not be for more than 30 minutes. It further mentions that two online sessions of up to 30-45 minutes each should be conducted for classes 1 to 8 and four sessions for classes 9 to 12.

The PRAGYATA guidelines include eight steps of online education that is, Plan, Review, Arrange, Guide, Yak(talk), Assign, Track, and Appreciate.

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The guidelines outline suggestions for administrators, school heads, teachers, parents, and students in the following areas:

  1. Need assessment
  2. Concerns while planning online and digital education like duration, screen time, inclusiveness, balanced online and offline activities, etc level-wise
  3. Modalities of intervention including resource curation, level-wise delivery, etc
  4. Physical, mental health, and wellbeing during digital education
  5. Cyber safety and ethical practices including precautions and measures for maintaining cyber safety
  6. Collaboration and convergence with various initiatives

The guidelines have been developed from the perspective of learners, with a focus on online, blended, digital education for students who are presently at home due to the lockdown. These guidelines on digital education provide a roadmap or pointers for carrying forward online education to enhance the quality of education.

Important takeaways for all competitive exams:

  • Union HRD Minister: Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’

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