India has made huge progress toward digital education with the expansion of DIKSHA One Nation One Digital Platform as the central digital solution for school education in India. The project aims to make available quality educational resources equally for students, teachers, parents and administrators in all states and U.T’s. In the era of digital transformation, the DIKSHA One Nation One Digital Platform promises to significantly bolster the vision of using technology to promote equitable education.
Key Highlights of DIKSHA
- Now, DIKSHA becomes a One Nation One Digital Platform for School Education in India.
- Provides support for students, teachers, parents, heads of schools and education personnel.
- Fully supports an array of Indian languages.
- Offers QR-coded textbooks in the energised textbooks program.
- Provides digital learning materials per state/National educational standards.
- Contributes to teacher training and certification courses.
- Works offline, as well as online via the mobile application.
- Contains elements of artificial intelligence (AI) and personalised learning.
- Helps in the implementation of NEP 2020.
- Provides fair, quality education for all of India.
What is DIKSHA One Nation One Digital Platform?
The national digital infrastructure for school education in India is DIKSHA One Nation One Digital Platform. It’s built by the Ministry of Education and offers one place for students, teachers, schools and education departments to connect with quality education. Interactive videos along with texts, quizzes, worksheets, assessments, lesson plans, and teacher professional development courses are offered. In addition, it is multilingual, allowing students with diverse language backgrounds to all benefit.
Previous Year Questions (PYQs) on Education Policy
| Exam | Year | Question | Options | Correct Answer |
| UPSC Prelims | 2020 | The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 aims to achieve universal access to education from preschool to secondary level by which year? | (A) 2025 (B) 2030 (C) 2035 (D) 2040 | (B) 2030 |
| UPSC Prelims | 2020 | Which policy replaced the National Policy on Education, 1986? | (A) National Curriculum Framework 2005 (B) NEP 2020 (C) RTE Act 2009 (D) Samagra Shiksha | (B) NEP 2020 |
| CTET | 2023 | According to NEP 2020, the new curricular and pedagogical structure is: | (A) 10+2 (B) 5+3+3+4 (C) 8+4 (D) 6+3+3 | (B) 5+3+3+4 |
| CTET | 2022 | Which stage of the NEP 2020 includes children aged 3–8 years? | (A) Preparatory (B) Middle (C) Foundational (D) Secondary | (C) Foundational |
| UGC NET Education | 2023 | NEP 2020 recommends multidisciplinary education through which type of institutions? | (A) Single-stream colleges (B) Multidisciplinary Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) (C) Technical institutes only (D) Open schools only | (B) Multidisciplinary Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) |
| REET | 2022 | Which mission under NEP 2020 focuses on foundational literacy and numeracy? | (A) NISHTHA (B) PM eVIDYA (C) NIPUN Bharat (D) SWAYAM | (C) NIPUN Bharat |
| DSSSB | 2023 | Which programme was launched to improve foundational literacy among children? | (A) Samagra Shiksha (B) NIPUN Bharat (C) Mid-Day Meal (D) PM POSHAN | (B) NIPUN Bharat |
| KVS PRT | 2023 | Which government initiative provides one TV channel per class for students? | (A) SWAYAM (B) PM eVIDYA (C) DIKSHA (D) ePathshala | (B) PM eVIDYA |
| CTET | 2023 | Which digital platform provides QR-code linked school textbooks and teacher resources? | (A) SWAYAM (B) DIKSHA (C) NPTEL (D) Shagun | (B) DIKSHA |
| HTET | 2022 | Which portal provides NCERT textbooks in digital format? | (A) ePathshala (B) DigiLocker (C) UMANG (D) MyGov | (A) ePathshala |
| KVS | 2022 | SWAYAM primarily provides: | (A) Banking services (B) Online learning courses (C) Digital payments (D) School admissions | (B) Online learning courses |
| UGC NET | 2022 | Which platform offers MOOCs developed by Indian universities? | (A) DIKSHA (B) SWAYAM (C) PM eVIDYA (D) NROER | (B) SWAYAM |
| SSC CGL | 2021 | Which ministry launched the DIKSHA platform? | (A) Ministry of Electronics & IT (B) Ministry of Education (C) Ministry of Skill Development (D) Ministry of Information & Broadcasting | (B) Ministry of Education |
| State TET | 2021 | Which education scheme integrates school education from pre-primary to Class XII? | (A) Samagra Shiksha (B) RMSA (C) SSA (D) PM SHRI | (A) Samagra Shiksha |
| UPSC Prelims | 2023 | PM SHRI Schools are intended to: | (A) Promote vocational education only (B) Develop model schools aligned with NEP 2020 (C) Provide scholarships (D) Promote sports education only | (B) Develop model schools aligned with NEP 2020 |
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Conclusion on DIKSHA as One Nation, One Digital Platform
The launch of DIKSHA One Nation One Digital Platform is a major step in the digital education landscape of India. It enables collaborative access to high-quality teaching and learning materials and tools from the same platform for all students, including teachers, schools, parent organisations, and education administrations, rather than requiring separate web domains for each.
Compared with having to integrate high-quality educational resources and tools into different web domains, it provides a means of connecting all students, parents, education agencies and administrators on a single national platform. Furthermore, it is a crucial element of the National Educational Policy 2020 with its capabilities of multilingual support, AI-powered personalisation, QR code-enabled textbooks and teacher preparation modules. The future of school education in India looks bright due to the continuous advancement of digital infrastructure in the country, where DIKSHA One Nation One Digital platform is poised to become a key force in shaping India’s educational landscape.
