The Chhattisgarh Government will develop an online admission and tracking system of the students admitted in various schools under 'Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009' (RTE) through firms working in this field, officials informed.
Notably, the State Higher Education Department in collaboration with Chhattisgarh Infotech and Biotech Promotion Society (CHiPS) have also developed a software titled ‘Software Empowerment through Technology Utilization)’ (SETU) which would enable online admissions in colleges.
The software incorporates the ‘best practice’ of states like Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh.
The government is also setting up help desks in colleges with the help of CHOICE agents for proper operation of the online admission facility.
The Chhattisgarh government will also soon launch an “Online learning Platform" (OlP) to enable imparting of 'Virtual Education' in the State .CHiPS will be implementing the project, officials informed.
The OlP-- a web-based software application for learning management will be deployed at Chhattisgarh State Data Centre in Raipur.
The services from the Online learning Platform are to be provided to schools, ITIs and Common Service Centres (CSCs) and to the students studying in various schools and colleges. The State government had also recently launched an online portal for enabling online admissions in more than 214 colleges including universities in Chhattisgarh.