Swayam

SWAYAM IITM

About this app

SWAYAM is a programme initiated by Government of India and designed to achieve the three cardinal principles of Education Policy viz., access, equity and quality. The objective of this effort is to take the best teaching learning resources to all, including the most disadvantaged. SWAYAM seeks to bridge the digital divide for students who have hitherto remained untouched by the digital revolution and have not been able to join the mainstream of the knowledge economy.

This is done through an indigenous developed IT platform that facilitates hosting of all the courses, taught in classrooms from 9th class till post-graduation to be accessed by anyone, anywhere at any time. All the courses are interactive, prepared by the best teachers in the country and are available, free of cost to the residents in India. More than 1,000 specially chosen faculty and teachers from across the Country have participated in preparing these courses.

The courses hosted on SWAYAM will be in 4 quadrants – (1) video lecture, (2) specially prepared reading material that can be downloaded/printed (3) self-assessment tests through tests and quizzes and (4) an online discussion forum for clearing the doubts. Steps have been taken to enrich the learning experience by using audio-video and multi-media and state of the art pedagogy / technology. In order to ensure best quality content are produced and delivered, seven National Coordinators have been appointed: They are NPTEL for engineering, UGC for post-graduation education, CEC for under-graduate education, NCERT & NIOS for school education, IGNOU for out of the school students and IIMB for management studies.

The SWAYAM Android application is designed for students to consume all SWAYAM content anywhere, anytime and anywhere.

Ratings and reviews

This is a very useful platform for those who do not have enough resources to pursue their desired courses. Anyone can enroll in free courses here according to their interests, regardless of their background. Suggestion: Courses should be updated regularly, and a language translator feature should be added in the future to make it more accessible. Also, some certificates may be given preference in government exams. I sincerely appreciate this initiative by the government.

The platform may have good content, but its misuse through colleges is unacceptable. Students are being pressured by faculty to enroll in courses not included in the official semester curriculum. We were threatened with backlog (ATKT) and academic penalties if we did not register and pay fees. Later, this turned out to be misleading. Students should have the freedom to choose. Transparency and accountability are seriously lacking.

It is very good app content is so good and explanation also good but I will give 5 star when swayam also includes hindi transcript in courses

What’s new

UI Enhancements.
Bug Fixes.