PM eVIDYA

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  • The “PM eVidya” scheme has been awarded with the UNESCO’s King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICT in Education for the year 2021.

About the award 

  • The UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICT in Education recognizes innovative approaches in leveraging new technologies to expand educational and lifelong learning opportunities for all, in line with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Goal 4 on education.
  • Established in 2005 with the support of the Kingdom of Bahrain
  • It rewards individuals and organisations that are implementing outstanding projects and promoting the creative use of technologies to enhance learning, teaching and overall educational performance in the digital age.
  • Each prizewinner receives US$ 25,000, a medal and a diploma during a ceremony at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris.

About PM eVIDYA

  • It has been initiated as part of Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan by the  the Ministry of Education in  2020,which unifies all efforts related to digital/online/on-air education to enable multi-mode access for imparting education by using technology to minimise losses 
  • It aims to facilitate the learning of children. It offers multifarious educational resources in multi-platform mode viz., digital / online, TV, radio, community radio, podcast, etc.

Source:PIB