DIKSHA for Children with Disabilities

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DIKSHA for Children with Disabilities- Relevance for UPSC Exam

GS Paper 2: Governance, Administration and Challenges– Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes.

DIKSHA complies with World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 level AA.
This enables people with visual impairments to access the website using assistive technologies, such as screen readers.

Special e-content for visually and hearing impaired developed on Digitally Accessible Information System (DAISY) and in sign language on NIOS website/ YouTube.
In all 767 textbooks-based, ISL videos have been recorded. Out of these 510 textbooks based on ISL videos are uploaded on DIKSHA.
The 10,000 words ISL dictionary has been uploaded on DIKSHA.
3,142 audiobooks chapters are also uploaded on DIKSHA.

About: DIKSHA serves as the National Teacher Platform, to be used by teachers and students across the nation to provide school education through distance mode.
- DIKSHA Full form: DIKSHA stands for Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing.
Key Objective: DIKSHA is the platform for providing quality e-content for school education in States/UTs and QR-coded Energized Textbooks for all grades (one nation, one digital platform).
Implementing Ministry: DIKSHA Platform was launched and being implemented by the National Council for Education Research and Training (NCERT) and the Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD).
Accessibility: DIKSHA Portal can be accessed by Teachers and Students alike. DIKSHA Portal is accessible in more than eighteen languages, ensuring easy access to educational content to students.

QR code-based access: NCERT books are available in QR code which can be downloaded by scanning it. After scanning the QR code, the DIKSHA portal will also provide suggestions and topics for learning.
Location-Based Knowledge: DIKSHA Portal also shows the courses that are going on in your region after you provide your location on the DIKSHA Portal.
Class-Based Study Materials: DIKSHA portal provides class-based material to a student. A student has to click on the needed study material and enter the SUBMIT button.

State of Foundational Literacy and Numeracy in India Report