{"id":35903,"date":"2021-01-31T16:05:53","date_gmt":"2021-01-31T16:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=35903"},"modified":"2021-01-31T16:05:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T16:05:53","slug":"online-schooling-taken-off-in-a-big-way-during-covid-19-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/online-schooling-taken-off-in-a-big-way-during-covid-19-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Schooling taken off in a big way during COVID-19 pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Economic Survey 2020-21 presented by the Union Minster for Finance &amp; Corporate Affairs, Smt Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament states that online schooling took off in a big way during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/category\/daily-quiz-2020\/daily-quiz-january-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The percentage of enrolled children from government and private schools owning a smartphone increased enormously from 36.5 per cent in 2018 to 61.8 per cent in 2020 in rural India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PM eVIDYA which is a comprehensive initiative to unify all efforts related to digital\/online\/on-air education to enable multi-mode and equitable access to education for students and teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 92 courses have started and 1.5 crore students are enrolled under Swayam MOOCs which are online courses relating to NIOS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PRAGYATA guidelines on digital education have been developed with a focus on online\/blended\/digital education for students who are presently at home due to closure of schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MANODARPAN initiative for psychological support has been included in Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>India has attained a literacy level of almost 96 per cent at the elementary school level. 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