E-Learning parks to boost higher education in UP

THESE E-LEARNING PARKS WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH COMPUTERS, WI-FI FACILITIES ALONG WITH A DIGITAL LIBRARY.

LUCKNOW : In a new initiative to boost innovation in institutions of higher education, the Uttar Pradesh government is soon going to start e-learning parks. The newly set up parks will come up in 120 degree colleges of the state, according to a government press release.

The higher education department has already completed the work of setting up 87 e-learning parks in the state and in the next 100 days, the department will complete the work of the remaining parks. This will benefit students in rural areas where internet connectivity is not great and students face difficulties in online learning.

Education activities will also get a boost with the facility of e-learning parks. Additionally, it will be easy to disseminate government schemes in remote and backward areas of the village.

These e-learning parks will be equipped with computers, Wi-Fi facilities along with a digital library.

The ABACUS-UP portal

In the next 100 days, the department is going to launch the ABACUS-UP portal through which various aspects of students and teachers will be linked. The state-level Academic Bank of Credit ABACUS-UP portal is part of NEP. 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 –which will be approved by the department for research and development – will be allowed to only those colleges, whose data of students and teachers enrolled under NEP 2020 has been uploaded on the ABACUS-UP portal.

UP-next hub of edu

UP has a rich history of education and learning. The continuous efforts by the Yogi government has helped the state to improve its overall literacy rate, number of schools, colleges, technical institutions and universities.