Diksha app

1. DIKSHA: Digital Infrastructure for
Knowledge Sharing
MHRD Regional Review Meetings, 2018
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2. About DIKSHA
Verticals of DIKSHA
Deliverables from Centre
Benefits to States
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| National Council for Teacher Education
Agenda
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Expectations from States
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3. | National Council for Teacher Education
DIKSHA is a customizable National Digital
Infrastructure that States can use for their
respective teacher-centric initiatives.
Teachers will be able to use DIKSHA to
access and create high quality teaching,
learning and assessment resources for all
subjects and levels in all Indian languages.
DIKSHA aims to strengthen ‘Our
Teachers, Our Heroes
Technology will be used to upgrade
the skills of teachers through the
recently launched digital portal
‘‘DIKSHA’’
- Shri Prakash Javadekar
(Honorable Minister of Human Resource
Development)
On occasion of National Award to Teachers’
ceremony held on Teachers’ Day 2017
- Shri Arun Jaitley
(Honorable Minister of Finance)
Budget speech presented on 1st
February 2018
About DIKSHA - Teachers at the Centre
On the occasion of Teachers’ Day,
Hon. Vice President of India, Shri
Venkaiah Naidu, dedicated DIKSHA,
a national digital infrastructure for
teachers, to the nation.
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4. School
Leadership
Platform
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Capacity building for school leaders
Profile
and
Registry
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Database of all teachers in India
Teacher
Professional
Development
2 Capacity building for teachers
Teaching
and
Learning
Content
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Content for teacher preparation
and classroom transaction
Platform
for
teachers to
create
content 4
Tools for teachers to create new or modify
existing content
Communication
3 verticals to be launched
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Innovation
Assessments
| National Council for Teacher Education
Verticals of DIKSHA | Introduction
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5. ● Includes framework for authorized data of in-service teachers and teacher educators
● Authorized Central and State organizations can:
○ Publish official teacher, school and school leadership information
○ Update and maintain this information in easy manner
○ Use this information for better planning and policy implementation
● Registry will also include training details of in-service teachers and teacher educators
| National Council for Teacher Education
Vertical 1 - Teacher Registry and Profile
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★ In-service teacher profile will be pulled from Shaalakosh. DIKSHA will collect profile data
for teacher educators and school administrators.

6. | National Council for Teacher Education
Vertical 1 - Teacher Registry and Profile
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7. ● Includes modules supporting teachers and trainers in their professional development
● These modules will be contributed by the Central organizations, States and authorized
partner organizations
● This vertical also includes:
○ Courses for need-based consumption
○ State administrators can assign professional development courses to teachers
○ Course completion certificates and badges with update in the teacher profile
| National Council for Teacher Education
Vertical 2 - Teacher Professional Development
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8. Vertical 2 - Teacher Professional Development
View of Teacher Professional Courses available on DIKSHA
| National Council for Teacher Education
Vertical 2 - Teacher Professional Development
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9. ● Includes curriculum linked resources for teachers and students
● Resources will be available in varied formats such as lesson plans, videos, stories,
PDFs, etc.
● These resources can be linked to textbooks via QR codes (energized textbooks).
● Resources will be available from Central organizations, States and authorized
content partner organizations
● DIKSHA’s technology can support:
○ Offline content consumption
○ Rating of resources and feedback mechanism
○ Content available across multiple Education Boards with facility for search
across such Boards
| National Council for Teacher Education
Vertical 3 - Teaching and Learning Content
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10. Resources available on DIKSHA for classroom teaching
| National Council for Teacher Education
Vertical 3 - Teaching and Learning Content
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11. ● Energized Textbooks provide easy access to digital content from the textbooks by
scanning QR Codes
● QR Codes can be placed at the chapter, topic or hard spot level
● QR codes on the textbook serves as a constant reminder to use digital content. This
content can be of several types - audio-visual content, assessments, lesson plans etc
● Content residing behind the QR code can be modified or substituted at any time
| National Council for Teacher Education
Vertical 3 - Teaching and Learning Content | Energized Textbooks..1
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★ NCERT will print all textbooks with QR codes from academic year 2019-2020
★ Process Guidelines for implementation available. These include guidelines on printing,
QR code dimensions, content linking guidelines etc.

12. ROLL OUT STATISTICS
RAJASTHAN - 2.5mn textbooks
9th and 10th Math and Science
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UTTAR PRADESH - 90mn textbooks
Grades 1 to 8, All subjects, Hindi and Urdu Medium
ANDHRA PRADESH - 7mn textbooks..
Grades 6-10, Telugu and English Medium, 3 subjects.
TAMILNADU - 10.5mn textbooks.
Grades 1, 6, 9, 11. All subjects, English and Tamil Medium
MAHARASHTRA - 90mn textbooks
Grades 1-10, All Subjects, All Mediums
More than 200 mn textbooks with QR codes are being printed for the
coming academic year
| National Council for Teacher Education
Vertical 3 - Teaching and Learning Content | Energized Textbooks..2
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13. ● DIKSHA allows teachers and head of schools to create content
● Using the platform, teachers can create content relevant to their context
● Teachers can showcase the content created by them to all users
| National Council for Teacher Education
Vertical 4 - Platform for Content Creation by Teachers
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★ Content meant for general viewing shall be curated by State/UTs

14. Tools to create assessments and interactive resources
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Vertical 4 - Common Platform for Content Creation by Teachers
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15. ● DIKSHA will provide an exclusive platform for school principals, vice-principals and
head of schools
● School leaders will have access to content to improve their leadership skills and tools
to create new content on this platform
| National Council for Teacher Education
Vertical 5 - School Leadership Platform
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16. ● Communication: To enable Centre and States to make announcements and issue
news, circulars, directions, regulations and other official notifications to teachers
● Innovation: To enable sharing of best practices amongst the teacher community and
innovative organizations.
● Assessments: For various kinds of assessments including student assessments
* These verticals are to be launched
| National Council for Teacher Education
Verticals 6,7,8 - Communication, Innovation and Assessments*
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17. Separate budget by
Central Government to
institutionalize and
support adoption of
DIKSHA
States can
contextualise and
customise DIKSHA
infrastructure and have
flexibility in retaining
their brand identity.
Minimal additional
resources required to
develop technical
infrastructure for state
instance
| National Council for Teacher Education
DIKSHA for States | Many Advantages
Increased administrative efficiency
and better policy making with
respect to teacher training and
support
Assistance from central
PMU in developing
strategies for State-wide
rollout of DIKSHA in their
state
Easily leverage best
practices and content
from other states
Empower your teachers
and students with access to
digital content
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18. Templates for Registry for Teachers, Teacher Educators and School Administrators
Content Creation, Curation and Sourcing Guidelines
National Taxonomy and Process Guidelines for creation of State Taxonomy
Onboarding Roadmap for States and Implementation Guidelines
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Deliverables from the Centre
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Toolkits for Implementation of Energized Textbooks
Training modules for teachers and other users for DIKSHA Usage
Repository of TLC and TPD content sourced from central agencies and other
partners

19. Expectation from States
Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
Institutionalization Preparation Implementation
(July 2018 onwards)
(April-June 2018)
(February-March)
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20. Institutionalization Phase
Formation of Steering Committee to monitor DIKSHA implementation
Formation of PMU for implementation of DIKSHA in the state
Formation of curation committee for content and taxonomy related tasks
Formation of technical committee for data and technology related tasks
Appointment of SCERT as nodal agency and SCERT director as nodal officer
| National Council for Teacher Education
Expectations from States : February - March 2018
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21. Collation of all available digital content
Plan for digital content creation to fill existing gaps
Identification of grades, subjects, medium for implementation of Energized textbooks
Create outreach, communication and capacity building plans for officials and teachers
Data collection of teachers, teacher educators and school admins.
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Expectations from States : April - June 2018
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Preparation Phase

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Expectations from States : July 2018 onwards
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Implementation Phase
Upload/sync data of teachers, teacher educators and state administrators
Upload of taxonomy for different verticals
Curation and Upload of available content and creation of new content
Set-up of state homepage on DIKSHA portal with assistance from DIKSHA tech team
Communication and outreach for popularizing DIKSHA
Constant Updating of Teacher Profile including Teacher Training
Implementation of Energized Textbooks

23. This is just the beginning...
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