Executive Summary:
This document is the Government of India's response to questions regarding the DIKSHA platform's impact on learning outcomes. It outlines the platform's role in providing e-content, efforts to enhance accessibility and vernacular content, and collaborations for content evaluation and upgrades. The answer references the PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024 and guidelines for e-content validation.
Key Points / Main Content:
* **DIKSHA Platform Overview:**
* DIKSHA is the "One Nation, One Digital" platform for school education e-content, featuring QR-coded Energised Textbooks (ETBs).
* Over 3.69 lakh content items in local/regional languages have been contributed by States/UTs/Autonomous Bodies (ABs).
* Over 564.05 crore learning sessions have been completed on DIKSHA.
* More than 300 Virtual Labs are accessible on DIKSHA.
* **Learning Outcome Assessment:**
* PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024 assessed over 21 lakh students across Grades 3, 6, and 9.
* Contextual data on digital access is available at https:dashboard.parakh.ncert.gov.inen.
* **Accessibility and Vernacular Content:**
* DIKSHA supports both online and offline accessibility, allowing content downloads.
* States/UTs preload DIKSHA content on Smart Class boards for offline access.
* NCERT has translated textbooks for Classes 1, 2, 3 and 6 in 22 scheduled languages.
* NCERT textbooks are available at shttps:ncert.nic.intextbook.php.
* **Content Management and Customization:**
* DIKSHA operates on a federated architecture, allowing independent e-content management by States/UTs/ABs.
* Customization includes language, curriculum alignment, and pedagogical approach.
* **Content Validation and Guidelines:**
* CIET-NCERT works with States/UTs and DIKSHA participants to validate content periodically.
* Guidelines for validation are provided at https:ciet.ncert.gov.inecontentguidelines.
* States/UTs are advised to provide age-appropriate and grade-appropriate e-content in local languages.
Impact Analysis:
* **Students:**
* *Impact:* Enhanced access to learning resources in multiple languages and both online and offline.
* *Action Required:* Utilize the DIKSHA platform and provided resources for learning.
* **Teachers:**
* *Impact:* Access to a wide range of e-content and tools to support teaching.
* *Action Required:* Integrate DIKSHA resources into teaching practices.
* **State Governments/Union Territories:**
* *Impact:* Opportunity to manage and customize e-content in local languages and alignment with the curriculum.
* *Action Required:* Upload and manage e-content, preload content on Smart Boards, ensure content validation based on CIET-NCERT guidelines, and provide age/grade appropriate content.
* **NCERT/CIET:**
* *Impact:* Responsibility for translating textbooks and providing guidelines for content validation.
* *Action Required:* Continue translating textbooks into scheduled languages and work with States/UTs to validate content.
* **Autonomous Bodies:**
* *Impact:* Opportunity to contribute and manage e-content on the DIKSHA platform.
* *Action Required:* Upload and manage e-content, ensure content validation based on CIET-NCERT guidelines, and provide age/grade appropriate content.
Key Entities Referenced
DIKSHA platform: A digital platform for providing e-content for school education in States and Union Territories, also known as Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing.
National Education Policy 2020: A national policy that emphasizes education in multiple languages from the foundational stage onwards.
National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT): An organization under the Ministry of Education involved in assessing students and developing textbooks.
PARAKH: National Assessment Center. Conducted Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024 to assess students across Grades 3, 6, and 9 nationwide.
Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET): A department of NCERT that works with States and Union Territories and DIKSHA participants to validate e-content.
Union Territories: Refers to the Union Territories of India. They are using DIKSHA platform for education.
States: Refers to the States of India. They are using DIKSHA platform for education.
Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024: A survey conducted by PARAKH National Assessment Centre in NCERT to assess students in various grades.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4028
ANSWERED ON 18/08/2025
Evaluation of DIKSHA Platform on Learning Outcome
4028. Shri Baijayant Panda:
Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:
(a) whether any independent studies or assessments have been conducted to
evaluate the impact of the DIKSHA platform on student learning outcomes in
States and Union Territories;
(b) if so, the key findings of such assessments, particularly with regard to regional
performance disparities;
(c) the steps being taken by the Government to strengthen offline accessibility,
enhance availability of vernacular content/regional language-based; and
(d) whether the Government proposes to collaborate with State Governments or
academic bodies to evaluate and upgrade the digital contents on DIKSHA platform
periodically?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
(SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)
(a) to (d) Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing (DIKSHA) is the Nation’s
One Nation, One Digital platform for providing quality e-content for school
education in States/ Union Territories (UTs) along with QR coded Energised
Textbooks (ETBs) for all grades. As a participant in DIKSHA,
States/UTs/Autonomous Bodies (ABs) have generated and contributed over 3.69
lakh content in local/regional languages. Overall, 564.05 crore learning sessions
have been completed on DIKSHA by students, teachers and other stakeholders.
The stakeholders have access to more than 300 Virtual Labs on DIKSHA.PARAKH Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024, conducted by PARAKH National
Assessment Centre in National Council of Educational Research and Training
(NCERT) under the Ministry of Education, assessed over 21 lakh students across
Grades 3, 6, and 9 nationwide, which gathered contextual data on digital access
that can be accessed from https://dashboard.parakh.ncert.gov.in/en.
DIKSHA platform supports both online and offline accessibility for its
learning resources. Users can download content and access it even without an
internet connection. States/UTs preload DIKSHA content on their Smart Class
boards ensuring offline access. Based on NEP 2020, there has been a concerted
effort to facilitate education in multiple languages, commencing from the
foundational stage and extending onwards. NCERT has also translated textbooks
for Classes 1, 2, 3 and 6 for all subjects in 22 schedule languages to provide
education in child’s own language, which are also available on NCERT portal
s(https://ncert.nic.in/textbook.php) for ease of learning.
DIKSHA operates on a federated architecture, allowing each State/UT and
central autonomous body referred to as participants to independently upload and
manage their own e-content and e-courses in their mother tongue/local/regional
languages. This enables customisation in terms of language, curriculum alignment,
and pedagogical approach, thereby ensuring that digital learning resources are
contextually relevant, continuously updated and accessible to diverse learner
groups across the country. The Ministry through Central Institute of Educational
Technology (CIET-NCERT) works with States/UTs and other DIKSHA
participants to validate their respective content on a periodic basis based on the
guidelines provided at https://ciet.ncert.gov.in/econtent-guidelines. States/UTs and
other DIKSHA participants have been advised to provide age appropriate and
grade appropriate e-content in their mother tongue/local/regional languages.
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