NEW DELHI: With 2.4 crores of course enrollments giving credits and over 26 lakhs earning them, government managed Swayam Massive online courses open (MOOCs) outperformed any other eLearning platform with a large margin. Now the ministry of education wrote to higher education institutions (HEIs) to popularize the platform in their respective states.
The total enrollment, including those on courses that do not include exams and credits, is 3.1 crore with a 40:60 ratio of females to males candidates.
Having already conducted exams for more than 26 lakh candidates since its launch in 2017 and 8.8 lakh active assignment submissions, the ministry said the MOOC platform also offers credit transfer after an exam at a nominal fee and currently there are over 3,000 free MOOC courses from across streams.
According to MoE officials the popularity of Swayam it is also due to the increased participation of universities that offer their courses through MOOCs and accept credits acquired through Swayam exams. Currently 288 universities have formally accepted SWAYAM credits, which as of January 2022 were 155.
In a letter to higher education institutions, Vineet Joshi, Additional Secretary, Department of Higher Education, MoE, said “Swayam’s MOOCs are developed by academics from top-ranked institutions and are offered free to all students. Today Swayam is a rich archive of over 300 high-quality MOOC courses enrolling over 3 million students.
“If you were to compare Swayam’s performance on contours against which e-learning platforms are evaluated, Swayam’s performance is far better. Various surveys and independent research show that the eLearning completion rate is between 1% and 5%.”
Some of the most sought after courses currently on the Swayam platform are Computer Science via Python offered by IIT-Ropar with 46,081 students followed by Ethical Hacking from IIT-Kharagpur with 45,934 students, C++ Programming from IIT-Bombay with 45,629 students and Java Programming from IIT-Kharagpur with 45,445 students.
Urging higher education institutions to use the courses, the ministry said that these courses too are eligible for credit transfer upon successful completion of the supervised final exam.
The letter also mentioned that, in addition to the popularity of technical and professional courses, there has been an increase in enrollment in education courses since the pandemic. “This also reflects the paradigm shift of the post-Covid teaching learning process and the emphasis on ICT-led teaching learning in the NEP,” said Joshi.
The letter also urged universities to accept Swayam credits and provide formal recognition to the University Grants Commission. The ministry has informed higher education institutions that, in addition to those informally accepting these credits, there are 288 universities which formally accept credits awarded through these MOOCs.
The total enrollment, including those on courses that do not include exams and credits, is 3.1 crore with a 40:60 ratio of females to males candidates.
Having already conducted exams for more than 26 lakh candidates since its launch in 2017 and 8.8 lakh active assignment submissions, the ministry said the MOOC platform also offers credit transfer after an exam at a nominal fee and currently there are over 3,000 free MOOC courses from across streams.
According to MoE officials the popularity of Swayam it is also due to the increased participation of universities that offer their courses through MOOCs and accept credits acquired through Swayam exams. Currently 288 universities have formally accepted SWAYAM credits, which as of January 2022 were 155.
In a letter to higher education institutions, Vineet Joshi, Additional Secretary, Department of Higher Education, MoE, said “Swayam’s MOOCs are developed by academics from top-ranked institutions and are offered free to all students. Today Swayam is a rich archive of over 300 high-quality MOOC courses enrolling over 3 million students.
“If you were to compare Swayam’s performance on contours against which e-learning platforms are evaluated, Swayam’s performance is far better. Various surveys and independent research show that the eLearning completion rate is between 1% and 5%.”
Some of the most sought after courses currently on the Swayam platform are Computer Science via Python offered by IIT-Ropar with 46,081 students followed by Ethical Hacking from IIT-Kharagpur with 45,934 students, C++ Programming from IIT-Bombay with 45,629 students and Java Programming from IIT-Kharagpur with 45,445 students.
Urging higher education institutions to use the courses, the ministry said that these courses too are eligible for credit transfer upon successful completion of the supervised final exam.
The letter also mentioned that, in addition to the popularity of technical and professional courses, there has been an increase in enrollment in education courses since the pandemic. “This also reflects the paradigm shift of the post-Covid teaching learning process and the emphasis on ICT-led teaching learning in the NEP,” said Joshi.
The letter also urged universities to accept Swayam credits and provide formal recognition to the University Grants Commission. The ministry has informed higher education institutions that, in addition to those informally accepting these credits, there are 288 universities which formally accept credits awarded through these MOOCs.
