NEW DELHI : A dozen television channels dedicated to teaching school curriculums and 100 universities offering online degree courses from the end of May form the backbone of a government push for e-learning unveiled on Sunday.

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government will launch PM eVidya, a programme for multi-mode access to digital education, and this will include the existing Diskha portal for online content, one designated TV channel for each class in the school segment, exclusive use of radio and community radio, and online degree programmes. “The platform unifies all efforts related to digital/online/on-air education to enable multi-mode access to education benefiting 33 crore students,’ HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal

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