UGC announces 2 new SWAYAM PG MOOCs in 8 Indian languages
Vagisha Kaushik | September 20, 2022 | 05:23 PM IST | 1 min read
UGC said Access to Justice, Environmental Law in 8 India languages have been uploaded at swayam.gov.in and ugceresources.in.
NEW DELHI : The University Grants Commission (UGC) has announced that two more SWAYAM Postgraduate Massive Online Open Courses, SWAYAM PG MOOCs – Access to Justice, Environmental Law in 8 India languages at swayam.gov.in and ugceresources.in.
“ln continuation of UGC's letter dated 8th August, 2022, regarding the launch and integration of "UGC e-resources Portal" with Common Service Centres (CSCs)/Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) of Ministry of Electronics and lnformation Technology (MeitY) in rural lndia, UGC is pleased to inform that two more SWAYAM PG MOOCs - Access to Justice, Environmental Law have been uploaded on SWAYAM Platform (www.swavam.gov.in) and "UGC e-resources portal.”
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UGC said that the translated courses will address language barriers and promote lndian languages while also provide flexibility of learning in mother tongue to the learners. Anyone desirous of learning can access and benefit from these Open Educational Resources (OER). Also, universities and colleges may utilize these OER for flipped classroom learning and blended mode of learning.
The Commission hoped that universities and colleges will provide the link of vSWAYAM Platform (www.swayam.gov.in) and "UGC e-resources Portal (http://ugceresources.in/)" on their home page and promote awareness of these portals through their social media handles so that more and more students can avail the benefits of accessing these resources for their knowledge enhancement.
According to UGC, as of now, 27 MOOCs in 8 lndian languages – Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Bangla, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil) are available on the portals.
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