IITs and IIMs drive learning boom: SWAYAM exams surge by 204%The trend of self-learning through free courses from institutions like IITs and IIMs, with exams conducted by the National Testing Agency (...
11 Jan, 2024, 05.48 PM IST
SWAYAM January 2023 semester results announced: How to check on swayam.nta.ac.inCandidates can access their scorecards by logging into the website https://swayam.nta.ac.in using their email IDs. They have the option to ...
06 Dec, 2023, 12.01 PM IST
Delhi University: Soon, you may complete nearly half of your course onlineDelhi University is considering allowing students to take up to 40% of their semester courses online. This decision comes after the Univers...
28 Nov, 2023, 11.58 AM IST
Students can now get 40% of university credits from e-coursesCome the 2021-22 academic session, students of 149 universities would be allowed to earn upto 40% of their required credits from among the ...
26 Jul, 2021, 10.30 AM IST
India, Afghanistan collaborate on digital education initiatives, rope in IITs to design programsOne of the main objectives of the MOU is to facilitate students and faculty from Afghanistan to enroll and learn from the courses offered o...
15 Mar, 2019, 09.05 PM IST
3,474 university pupils to earn credits via online platformStudents can earn credits for some of the Swayam’s UG/PG level courses by taking the credit test conducted by the National Testing Agency (...
09 Dec, 2018, 10.58 AM IST
Government to offer 300+ eCourses in Hindi, local languagesThe HRD ministry has decided to offer nearly 300 online courses in Hindi and 10 other Indian languages on its online course portal Swayam.
25 Dec, 2017, 11.11 PM IST
LS passes bill to give unqualified RTE teachers another chance to acquire degreesStill, six lakh private school teachers and 2.5 lakh government school teachers continue to educate without proper qualification, the HRD m...
21 Jul, 2017, 07.25 PM IST
Only IISc, IIMB join India's official online platformThis academic year, IISc will offer nine courses and IIMB, which is also the national MOOCs coordinator for management programmes, will off...
29 Jun, 2017, 11.37 AM IST
Arvind Subramanian aided online course on economy may give HRD’s Swayam the much-needed pushHe will conduct a 40-hour course on economy, focussing on major economic trends, possibly even the demonetisation issue, which will subsequ...
10 May, 2017, 12.52 AM IST
Ravi Shankar Prasad asks global community to work on protection of data privacyHe said that virtual world is now affecting the real world and the problem that arises in virtual world is being addressed in real world.
09 Mar, 2017, 10.36 PM IST
Microsoft selection for MHRD's Swayam violates policy: IT NPOs"It is incorrect to state that Government has banned use of any other platform except the open source. Use of open source or established so...
13 Dec, 2016, 07.31 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi to launch Swayam, Massive Open Online Courses platform on Aug 15Sources said preparations for getting the system ready for the ambitious project is on in full swing and it is likely to be launched by PM ...
03 Jul, 2016, 12.11 PM IST
Guidelines framed for transfer of online credits to regular coursesThe guidelines have been framed for the HRD Ministry's massive open online courses (MOOC) platform Swayam.
24 Jun, 2016, 08.04 PM IST
Guidelines framed for transfer of online credits to regular courses: UGCThe guidelines have been framed keeping in mind the HRD Ministry's massive open online courses (MOOC) platform 'Swayam'.
24 Jun, 2016, 04.45 PM IST
SWAYAM platform: Modi government set to make online courses count towards college degreeIt will also allow students across institutions in India to take up courses which may not be available at their institute and also win cred...
24 May, 2016, 01.06 AM IST
HRD ministry for IPR status to massive open online course,to make it global brandIndia’s much-awaited free top-level online courses are set to be backed with intellectual property rights (IPR) to ensure exclusivity.
21 Apr, 2016, 05.50 AM IST