DIKSHA is the platform for providing quality e-content for school education in States/UTs and providing QR coded Energized Textbooks for all grades. This platform complies with World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 level AA. People with visual impairments can access the website using assistive technologies, such as screen readers. Special e-content for visually and hearing impaired is developed on Digitally Accessible Information System (DAISY) and in sign language on NIOS website/ YouTube. In all 3,520 textbook based ISL videos have been recorded. Of these 597 textbook based on ISL videos are uploaded on DIKSHA. A 10,000 word ISL dictionary has been uploaded on DIKSHA and 3,474 audio books chapters have been developed and uploaded on DIKSHA.
NISHTHA 2.0 (Secondary Level) was launched on 29th July, 2021. The training programme covers around 10 Lakh Teacher and School Heads at Secondary Level across all States and UTs. NCERT has developed a package including 13 Online Courses with 12 Generic modules and 56 subject specific modules for NISHTHA 2.0 and so far 33 States and UTs have initiated this training programme in 10 languages. NISHTHA 2.0 is available online on DIKSHA for secondary/senior secondary level teachers.
NISHTHA 2.0 Online on DIKSHA portal has been developed encompassing twelve generic courses and seven pedagogy courses. Accordingly, 68 Modules have been developed including: Curriculum and Inclusive Education; ICT in Teaching, Learning and Assessment; Personal-Social Qualities for Holistic Development of Learners; Art lntegrated Learning; Understanding Secondary Stage Learners; Health and Well Being; School Leadership Development; Vocational Education; Gender Issues in Education; Initiatives in School Education; Toy Based Pedagogy; and School Based Assessment. States can contextualize these modules in line with their state specific needs.
NISHTHA 3.0- Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FtN) in online mode is also available on the DIKSHA platform for teachers and school heads of pre-primary to class V. The NISHTHA 3.0 - FLN envisions covering nearly 25 Lakh Teacher and School Heads at Pre-Primary and Primary Level across all states and UTs. A special package consisting of 12 online modules have been developed by NCERT for this purpose, as per objectives of NIPUN Bharat Mission. 33 States/UTs has initiated the programme in 11 Languages and these have been adopted by 5 Autonomous Organisation under MOE, MOD & MOTA.
NISHTHA 3.0 Online on DIKSHA portal has been developed with the aim to help teachers design experiences for holistic development of each child and comprises of 12 Modules namely: Introduction to FLN Mission; Shifting towards Competency Based Education; Understanding the Learner; Transacting 3 months Play Based School Preparation Module for Grade I Children and Balvatika; Foundational Language and Literacy; Foundational Numeracy; Learning Assessment; Involvement of Parents and Community; Integration of ICT in Teaching, Learning and Assessment; Multi lingual Education; Toy Based Pedagogy; and School Leadership.