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'''DIKSHA''' ('''Di'''gital '''K'''nowledge '''Sha'''ring Infrastructure) is the Government of India’sIndia's national digital platform for school education. Built and maintained by the [[National Council of Educational Research and Training|NCERT]] under the aegis of the [[Ministry of Education (India)|Ministry of Education]] (MoE), it delivers open educational resources (OER), large‑scale teacher professional development, analytics and a suite of interoperable digital services in 36 Indian languages.<ref name="india.gov">{{cite web |title=DIKSHA – National Digital Infrastructure for Teachers |url=https://www.india.gov.in/spotlight/diksha-national-digital-infrastructure-teachers |website=National Portal of India |access-date=9 May 2025}}</ref>
 
The platform was declared India’sIndia's "'''One Nation, One Digital Platform'''" for school education in May 2020 as part of the [[PM eVIDYA|PM e‑Vidya]] programme announced during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India|COVID‑19COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="pib2022-RSreply">{{cite web |title=Digital education tools (Rajya Sabha reply) |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1845455 |website=Press Information Bureau |date=27 July 2022 |access-date=9 May 2025}}</ref>
 
== History ==
* '''September 2017''' – Strategy paper for the National Teacher Platform released by then HRD Minister [[Prakash Javadekar]]; public launch on 5 September 2017 (Teachers’Teachers' Day) by Vice‑President [[M. Venkaiah Naidu]].<ref name="pib2017-launch">{{cite web |title=Vice President launches DIKSHA platform |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1512499 |website=Press Information Bureau |date=5 September 2017 |access-date=9 May 2025}}</ref>
* '''May 2020''' – Integrated into PM e‑Vidya as the core digital pillar during nationwide school closures.<ref name="pib2020-ITed">{{cite web |title=Steps taken by Government to promote IT-based education |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1737693 |website=Press Information Bureau |date=14 September 2020 |access-date=9 May 2025}}</ref>
* '''July 2021''' – Identified by the Prime Minister as a foundational building block of the '''National Digital Education Architecture''' ('''NDEAR''').<ref name="pib2021-lsreply">{{cite web |title=Technical learning facilities (Lok Sabha reply) |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1783481 |website=Press Information Bureau |date=20 December 2021 |access-date=9 May 2025}}</ref>
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* Varied digital literacy
* Inconsistent quality of contributed content
* Infrastructure scaling for peak demand<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Roul |first1=R. |last2=Mohalik |first2=R. |year=2025 |title=Quality of e-contents on DIKSHA platform |journal=International Education and Research Journal |volume=11 |issue=2 |pages=1–8 |doi=10.21276/IERJ259419960332|doi-broken-date=91 MayJuly 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kumar |first1=P. |last2=Rao |first2=S. |year=2020 |title=Quality evaluation of e-content |journal=International Journal of Educational Research and Technology |volume=11 |issue=3 |pages=75–82}}</ref>
 
== Future roadmap ==