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Union Human Resource Development Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ on July 14, 2020 released PRAGYATA Guidelines on Digital Education through online medium in New Delhi.
About PRAGYATA guidelines
The PRAGYATA guidelines have been prepared by the Ministry of HRD to ensure the safety and academic welfare of the students.
It have been developed from the perspective of learners, with a focus on online/blended/digital education for students who are presently at home due to lockdown.
The guidelines stress upon the use of alternative academic calendar of NCERT, for both, learners having access to digital devices and learners having limited or no access.
Session Times: The HRD Ministry has suggested that the online classes for pre-primary students should not be for more than 30 minutes a day. For Classes 1st to 8th , it has suggested that not more than two online sessions of upto 45 minutes each should be conducted in a day. The guidelines have been issued keeping in mind the overall development of the students with an aim to cut down undue screen time. For the senior students, from class 9th to 12th, the Ministry has suggested to limit the online classes to a maximum of four sessions of upto 45 minutes each.
The guidelines outlines suggestions for administrators, school heads, teachers, parents and students on the following areas:
- Need assessment
- Concerns while planning online and digital education like duration, screen time, inclusiveness, balanced online and offline activities etc level wise
- Modalities of intervention including resource curation, level wise delivery etc.
- Physical, mental health and wellbeing during digital education
- Cyber safety and ethical practices including precautions and measures for maintaining cyber safety
- Collaboration and convergence with various initiatives.
Source: PIB
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