IIT Madras to Operate Newly Launched SWAYAM Plus Portal; Check Key Features Here

New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has introduced the SWAYAM Plus platform, which will provide employment and professional development programs for working professionals and higher education students. The portal will be managed and operated by IIT Madras.

The SWAYAM Plus platform aims to create a digital ecosystem for upskilling and reskilling by offering mentorship, scholarships, and career opportunities. SWAYAM, the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platform was launched by the Union Ministry of Education in 2017 and it has received 72 lakh enrollment by the end of 2023.

Hon’ble Union Minister of Education and Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Prof. M Jagadeesh Kumar, Chairman UGC; Shri K Sanjay Murthy, Secretary Higher Education; Dr. Nirmaljeet Singh Kalsi, Chairperson NCVET; Prof. (Dr.) T G Sitharam, Chairman AICTE;… pic.twitter.com/ItZAGxDeJk

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Informing about this initiative, the Union Education Minister said, "Working professionals participate in the SWAYAM platform using it as a vehicle and take advantage of the multiple-entry-multiple-exit of NEP 2020. The platform will widen the scope of the classroom, adding 43 million students of higher education and working professionals”.

"The NEP 2020's concept is embodied in SWAYAM Plus, a vehicle that enables working professionals to balance their work and studies by offering a plethora of online courses. With SWAYAM Plus, we are empowering individuals to upskill and reskill, enhancing their career prospects and contributing to India's knowledge economy," he added.

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Key Features of SWAYAM Plus Platform

The SWAYAM Plus platform will offer courses in line with NEP 2020 to meet industry demands and improve learners' employability. The platform is designed in collaboration with leading companies such as L&T, Microsoft, CISCO, and others. 

It will cover key features such as multilingual content, AI-enabled assistance, credit recognition, and employment pathways. The platform will be open to all those involved in professional and career development, including students, course providers, industry, academics, and strategic partners.

Talking about the key features of SWAYAM Plus, Dharmendra Pradhan shared, "The objectives of the platform include enabling a mechanism that provides credit recognition for high-quality certifications and courses offered by the best industry and academia partners; reaching a large learner base by catering to learning across the country, with a focus on reaching learners from tiers 2 and 3 towns and rural areas and offering employment-focused courses based on learner needs -- across chosen disciplines with options to learn through resources in vernacular languages."

"SWAYAM Plus also envisions bringing in features such as access to mentorship, scholarships and job placements as value-added services in due course of time, thus building a digital ecosystem for learners to pursue upskilling and re-skilling at all levels, namely certificate, diploma or degree," he added.

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