COVID-19: AICTE launches e-learning platform hosting free courses
Team Careers360 | April 13, 2020 | 11:04 AM IST | 1 min read
NEW DELHI : India’s technical education regulator All India Council for Technical Education, or AICTE, has collated various skilling and certification programmes for students free of cost till May 15.
The digital platform Enhancement in Learning with Improvement in Skills, or ELIS, is available at free.aicte-india.org .
ELIS offers 26 courses sourced from 18 ed-tech companies.
These courses cover subjects like diploma in machine learning, data analytics, Big Data, python and many more.
The courses are usually priced raging from Rs 5,000 to Rs 20,000. However, in the current lockdown period, they are offered free to students who enrol till May 15.
“Many companies have now come forward and offered their e-learning contents free of cost to learners,“ the AICTE said in a statement.
The coronavirus crisis has led to a setback to academic activities and is reported to be causing extreme distress among students.
The portal was formally launched by Anil Sahasrabudhe, chairman AICTE along with M.P Poonia, vice chairman AICTE and Rajive Kumar, member secretary, AICTE.
AICTE does not take any responsibility for the contents nor copyright issues, if any, the regulator said on the website, free.aicte-india.org . The companies that provide the courses are responsible for the content and copyright issues, if any, the AICTE clarified.
Also read:
- With low net speed and few devices, many struggle with online classes
- Coronavirus lockdown extended by two weeks, PM Modi meets state CMs
Write to us at news@careers360.com
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Quick Watch
]Featured News
]- AI engineer builds app for blind students in higher education; over 1,000 use it to read in 30 languages
- ‘Teachers know…’: In Chennai govt schools, drugs move through classrooms, playgrounds – unchecked, unreported
- St Stephen’s terminates 2 assistant professors appointed during ex-principal’s tenure over irregularities
- NIT Karnataka’s entrepreneurship model goes beyond incubators and into classrooms; now it’ll guide other NITs
- Defunding Liberal Arts: When sociology and history learning fades, social media influencers fill the gap
- Section of JBIMS grads without jobs, say placement team ‘not taking responsibility’; B-school blames students
- No lab, little funds, full-time job: Midnight equations land Tumkur University prof on top 2% scientists list
- The top 2% scientists' list counts papers, citations well; retractions may need a closer look
- Jadavpur University has 63 researchers in top 2% scientists list – highest count among state institutions
- Maharashtra NEET Counselling: Pvt medical colleges move HC, want institute rounds of MBBS, MD admissions back