Govt launches NEAT 3.0, a single platform for the best-developed ed-tech solutions to students

The way digital medium is emerging today, it is important both for the government and the students to leverage the technology for its benefit.

Covid-19 has thrown a new challenge to the digital divide. While a section of students has access to computers nd laptops, another one is deprived of that. The government is trying to gap that divide by its initiative and efforts.

Working in this direction, Union Education Minister and Skill Development Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched NEAT 3.0.

It is a single platform to provide the best-developed ed-tech solutions and courses to students of the country.

He also launched AICTE prescribed technical books in regional languages.

According to Pradhan, NEAT will be a game-changer in bridging the digital divide, especially among the economically disadvantaged students and also in fulfilling the knowledge-based requirement of India and the world.

He said that 58 global and Indian start-up ed-tech companies are on board NEAT and are offering 100 courses & e-resources for bettering learning outcomes, developing employable skills and overcoming learning loss.

Pradhan encouraged AICTE to integrate courses in NEAT with skill India to tap the opportunities in emerging areas of skill to boost employability and prepare our youth for the future.

“AICTE and ed-tech companies should offer e-resources at the least possible cost,” Pradhan said while complimenting the global ed-tech companies and Indian start-ups who are a part of NEAT 3.0.

“All ed-techs are welcome to work with a collaborative approach for making education accessible & affordable. But, ed-techs must remember that there is no place for monopoly and exploitation,” he said.