PAL for DIKSHA

• The National eGovernance Division (NeGD) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is set to integrate Personalised Adaptive Learning (PAL) into its existing Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing (DIKSHA) platform.
• PAL’s software-based approach will allow each student to have an individualised learning experience over the course of the curriculum based on their unique needs and abilities.

ABOUT DIKSHA

• DIKSHA comes under the Ministry of Education.
• It provides e-content for schools via an online portal and a mobile application.
• It also has embedded assistive technologies for learners with visual or hearing impairments.
• However, DIKSHA is a static content repository.
• DIKSHA features digitised National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbooks used national and State Boards.
• Apart from this, DIKSHA hosts 2.43 lakh contributions by 11,624 academicians by way of teaching videos, explainers, and practice questions.
• The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has sought the MeitY’s expertise in facilitating PAL for DIKSHA.
  • In some States, private players are already administering PAL, which works on AI or Artificial Intelligence, but budget constraints have been an obstacle.