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Pragyata guidelines
PRAGYATA guidelines on digital education released.
- The guidelines include eight steps of digital learning that is, Plan- Review- Arrange- Guide- Yak (talk)- Assign- Track- A
These steps guide the planning and implementation of digital education step by step with examples.
These are only advisory in nature and state governments can formulate their own rules, based on local needs.
The guidelines outline 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 off-line activities.
- Modalities of intervention including resource curation, level wise delivery etc.
- Physical, mental health and well-being during digital education.
- Cyber safety and ethical practices including precautions and measures maintaining cyber safety.
Need for guidelines on online education:
To mitigate the impact of the pandemic, schools will not only have to remodel and re-imagine the way teaching and learning have happened so far, but will also need to introduce a suitable method of delivering quality education through a healthy mix of schooling at home and schooling at school.
Sources: the Hindu.
