DIKSHA (Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing) is a national platform for school education, an initiative of National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT), under the aegis of the Ministry of Education (MoE), GoI. Launched in 2017, the vision is to create a revolutionary learning ecosystem that empowers students to thrive in the 21st century. What does the platform provide DIKSHA can be accessed by learners and teachers across the country and currently supports 108 languages: 101 Indian languages and 7 foreign languages State of the art learning ecosystem for users - Energized Textbooks, Teacher Professional Development, Question bank, courses, etc Assessments for teachers, to find out their strengths and areas of improvement Scope of the platform The platform caters to the benefit of all education stakeholders - Student, Teacher, Parent, School Head and Administrator. It caters to audiences from all stages of school education including pre-primary, primary, upper primary, secondary and senior secondary. All institutions, groups and individuals catering to the above can be enrolled as members of the platform, and can contribute to the creation, curation and use of resources on the platform. Expected benefits By building the National Teacher Platform (NTP), the MHRD envisions following benefits: Stakeholders can access relevant personalised professional development training anytime and anywhere Teachers in Schools can use the curriculum-linked resources to prepare for class or use them to teach in the class, while Teacher Educators in TEIs can use it to deliver blended training Student Teachers in TEIs and contractual Teachers will be able to take courses on the NTP to prepare for the TET and/or get certified Cluster & Block Resource Personnel can use standardised observation tools on the NTP to provide need-based coaching support to teachers and do continuous training-needs analysis The infrastructure shared amongst many states will avoid duplication of efforts and save costs Teachers will have access to their own personalised workspace where they can plan and track their progress including courses completed, performance in tests etc. To know more about the Strategy and Approach of NTP, click here. Source : DIKSHA