Context

Minister of State for Education, Shri Sanjay Dhotre participated in the consultation meeting of Education Ministers of E9 countries on the E9 initiative: Scaling up digital learning to accelerate progress towards SDG4.

About

What is E9?

• E9 Countries include Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nigeria, and Pakistan.
• It was first established in 1993.
• Mobilizing the full potential of the E9 Partnership is therefore vital for the achievement of SDG4 – Education 2030.
• The initiative aims to accelerate recovery and advance the Sustainable Development Goal 4 agenda by driving rapid change in education systems in three of the 2020 Global Education Meeting priorities:
  • support to teachers
  • investment in skills
  • narrowing of the digital divide

Indian initiatives in the education sector

• India has extensively made use of digital tools to take education to the remotest part of the country:
  • One Nation-One Digital Platform –DIKSHA
  • One Nation-One Channel program of -SWAYAM PRABHA
  • SWAYAM MOOCs
  • radio broadcasting
  • PM e-VIDYA
• India Government is also setting up National Digital Education Architecture to deliver a ‘digital first’ approach to support teaching and learning.