Education Minister launches SWAYAM Plus platform

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Last Updated03/03/2024

Recently, the Union Minister of Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship launched the ‘SWAYAM Plus’ platform.

This platform offers courses developed collaboratively with industry leaders focusing on employability and professional development.
It will offer programmes in several sectors like manufacturing, energy, computer science, engineering, management studies, healthcare, hospitality, tourism, and Indian knowledge systems.
It features innovative elements such as multilingual content (available in 12 major Indian languages of the country), AI-enabled chatbot and credit recognition.
The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT Madras) will operate the ‘SWAYAM Plus’ Platform.
- IIT Madras is a founder institution of Swayam-NPTEL and the MOOC platform.

To build an ecosystem for all stakeholders in professional and career development
- Including learners, course providers, industry, academia, and strategic partners.
To enable a mechanism for recognizing high-quality certifications and courses offered by the best industry and academia partners.
To reach a large learner base across the country, with a particular emphasis on tiers 2 and 3 towns and rural areas.
To bring in features such as mentorship, scholarships, and job placements to the platform, creating a comprehensive digital ecosystem for upskilling and re-skilling at all levels viz. certificate, diploma, or degree.

The exposure through these courses would equip students with theoretical knowledge, practical skills, and awareness of latest job market trends.
The courses would bridge the gap between academia and industry, making college graduates more job-ready and competitive.