In a fresh initiative to boost innovation in higher education institutions, the Uttar Pradesh government is soon going to start the newly set up e-learning parks in 120 degree colleges of the state.
“The Yogi Adityanath government has been emphasising on transforming the education sector at a rapid pace, with focus on primary, higher and medical education. The emphasis is on preparing students for the tech-driven world. The government is making all efforts to make the youth of Uttar Pradesh technologically sound and empower them,” Higher Education Minister Yogendra Upadhyaya said.
He said the department had already completed the work of setting up 87 e-learning parks in the state and in the next 100 days, the department would complete the work of the remaining parks.
“This will greatly benefit the students in rural areas where the internet connectivity is slow and students face difficulties in online learning,” he said.
The minister said that educational activities would also get a boost by e-learning parks and it would be easy to disseminate information about government schemes in remote and backward villages.
These e-learning parks will be equipped with computer, internet connection and Wi-Fi along with a digital library.
In the next 100 days, the department is going to launch the ABACUS-UP portal through which various aspects of students and teachers would be linked. The state level Academic Bank of Credit ABACUS-UP portal is part of NEP (new education policy). All higher education institutes that come under the preview of NEP-20 have also been asked to upload data of students and teachers on the ABACUS-UP portal.
Grants to be approved by the department for research and development schemes would be allowed to only those colleges, whose data of students and teachers enrolled under NEP-2020 will be uploaded on ABACUS-UP portal.
“Uttar Pradesh has a rich history of education and learning but it was neglected by the previous governments. The continuous efforts by the Yogi Adityanath government has helped the state improve its overall literacy rate, number of schools, colleges, technical institutions and universities,” he said.