Smriti Irani launched education-based mobile apps to make education available on the go

New Delhi : The Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry, Smriti Irani, on Saturday launched smart apps to make education available to more people and on the go. She also launched a number of mobile apps and web-based platforms allowing students to access study material online, and parents to keep a track of the performance and attendance of their children. 

Officials said that in the National Conference on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in School Education, organised by the Ministry, ICT-based initiatives of the Ministry including 'e-pathshala', a web mobile based application of teaching and learning material, innovative teaching practices along with assessment of learning for the use of students, teachers and others will be launched.

The high-level conference would be attended by celebrated names of the education sector. HRD Minister Smriti Irani will be the chief guest.

Apart from e-Pathshala, other initiatives which will be launched are 'Saransh' and 'Shaala Siddhi' that seek to integrate digital and app-based technology into education would be launched in the presence of esteemed guests, teachers, students and parents.

The event would also showcase the digitised monitoring and evaluating mechanisms, officials said. 

The HRD ministry, she said, plans to urge states that in this nutrition framework, they should prepare their own menus for their students. Lauding work done by individuals to disseminate education among masses, Irani said her ministry now provides a window 'I share for India', in which digital initiatives aiming to spread learning can be shared.

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