In this, top foreign universities of the world including IITs, IIMs, central universities, research institutes will join. Students will have the option to study their online degree, course, diploma. The special thing is that like normal universities, classes, exams, internships, campus placement sessions will be conducted here. However, prior to the degree, the students must have been employed on the basis of market demand.
In the Union Budget 2022-23, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced a digital university with the aim of promoting digital education in the country. Under this, the Ministry of Education, along with its stakeholders, is preparing a draft of a digital university.
This university will work like a network distributor campus university. It will also have personnel from the head office, who will keep full surveillance. Will work on cloud computing. Everything will be prepared in this, digital resources, graphics, lectures, videos etc.
Migration of youth from far away will stop
There is also a social aspect to this scheme. In fact, after 12th standard, a large section of youth from remote, rural and small towns move to big cities for higher education. Because, they do not get the desired, quality education environment and institutions around their home. Now the migration of such youth for higher education will stop. Staying at home with parents will lead to social bonding, which is now very less. Secondly, the cost of living, eating, commuting will also be saved.
These courses will not be included
Programs like Medicine, Engineering will not be taught in Digital University. Because they require practical and lab. But financial management, management, data science, artificial intelligence, software engineering, social science etc. will be a great option for studying courses. Inter-disciplinary courses will also be developed here. So that along with the degree, students have knowledge of various subjects.
PM will talk on digital education tomorrow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will participate in a virtual program on digital education on 21 February. In this, PM will talk to the common people including students, teachers in detail on Digital University.
Digital University will give new identity to higher education
University Grants Commission Chairman Prof. M Jagadesh Kumar said that Digital University will work on Spoke and Hub format. In this, from IITs, IIMs, Central Universities to the world’s top ranking foreign universities will also come and get education in digital degrees. Students will not have to be away from family in villages, towns, small towns to big cities for higher education.
Sitting at home, they will be able to study degree, diploma in Hindi, English or their mother tongue in big universities of the country and abroad. For higher education, hostel, food, and travel will not be charged. Due to this, the common families will get the biggest relief. Digital University degrees will be valid worldwide, just like regular degree programs.