NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday pushed for promotion of e-learning in a post covid-19 India and said there will be dedicated TV channels for each school class and permission would be granted to 100 top universities to start online degrees.
Sitharaman said the government will launch PM eVidya, a programme for multi-mode access to digital education, which will include the existing Diskha portal for online content.
There will be one earmarked TV channel for each class in school, exclusive use of radio and community radio, and online degree programmes.
Sitharaman said educational institutions are using technology in a big way and the government is already airing school education content through three TV channels.