SWAYAM is India’s National Mooc’s platform. It offers over 2150 courses taught by close to 1300 instructors from over 135 Indian universities.
One aspect that sets it apart from other providers is that it allows students in India to earn academic
credit online. Since the platform was launched in 2017, over 10 million learners have taken courses on SWAYAM.
At the rate it’s growing, In a few years, SWAYAM could become the world’s largest MOOC provider.
The Full form of SWAYAM is study webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring minds.
The Honourable President of India Mr. Pranam Mukherjee launched this digital education initiatives- SWAYAM. The launch was held 9 July 2017, on the Occasion of Guru Purnima. The full moon day when the preceptor or teacher is worshiped across the country.
SWAYAM is a programme initiated by Government of India and designed to achieve the three cardinal principles of Education policy viz, access equity and quality. The objective of this effort is to take the best teaching learning resource to all, including the most disadvantaged. SWAYAM seeks to bridge the digital divide for students who have hitherto remained untouched the digital revolution and have not been able to join the mainstream of the knowledge economy.
This is done through a platform that facilitates hosting of all the courses, taught in class rooms from class 9th till post graduation to be accessed by anyone, anywhere at any time. All the Courses are interactive, prepared by the best teachers, in the country and are available, free of cost to any learner. More than 1000 specially chosen faculty and teachers from across the country have participated in preparing these courses.