All about PRAGYATA Guidelines on Digital Education
                     All about PRAGYATA Guidelines 
on Digital Education
INTRODUCTION
• Recently, the Ministry of Human Resource Development 
(MHRD) has released guidelines on digital 
education titled 'PRAGYATA'.
• The guidelines have been prepared by the National Council of 
Educational Research and Training (NCERT).
Source: RajRAS
DIGITAL LEARNING 
GUIDELINES
• These are only advisory in nature and state governments can 
formulate their own rules, based on local needs.
• The guidelines include eight steps of online/digital 
learning i.e. Plan- Review- Arrange- Guide- Yak 
(talk)- Assign- Track- Appreciate.
Source: IAS Academy
DIGITAL CLASSROOM
• Over 25 crore students across the country have been out of school 
since mid-March 2020 owing to Covid-19 pandemic.
• It emphasised the aim of digital classrooms is not to try and recreate 
Face-to-Face (F2F) classrooms over the internet.
Source: DD News
DIGITAL ACCESS
• The guidelines acknowledge that these students live in households 
which fall into different categories:
– Those who have computers or smart phones with 4G internet access.
– Those with smart phones but limited or no internet access.
– Those with television with cable or DTH.
– Those with a radio set or a basic mobile phone with FM radio.
Source: YouTube
NEED FOR SURVEY
• It advises schools to first survey the digital infrastructure 
available with teachers as well as students, the levels of parental 
involvement before making decisions about the mode of teaching.
• Therefore, schools must also make arrangements to reach students 
who do not have access to any digital infrastructure at home.
Source: DNA India
DURATION
• For kindergarten, nursery and pre-school, only 30 minutes of screen 
time per day for interacting with parents is recommended.
• Schools can hold live online classes for a maximum of 1.5 hours per 
day for Classes 1-8, and 3 hours per day for Classes 9-12.
Source: ZeeNews
SYNCHRONOUS OR REAL-
TIME COMMUNICATION:
• This is real-time teaching and learning that can 
happen collaboratively at the same time with a group of online 
learners, and teachers allowing instant feedback.
– e.g. online teaching through video conference, audio conference, using satellite 
or telecommunication facilities.
– However, schools should not assume that teaching-learning through it is the only 
requirement in order to support effective digital learning.
Source: Career360
ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING
• Apart from live classes, it offered a number of recommendations 
for asynchronous learning with tools to allow students to
– Download lessons 
– Listen to radio and TV programmes
– Communicate through WhatsApp and SMS
– Study on their own and undertake creative projects.
Source: DTnext
HEALTH ISSUES
• Children exposed to digital technologies or gadgets for a longer time 
are prone to severe health issues.
• Hence sitting with digital gadgets for longer hours or their excess 
use can be avoided by designing age appropriate schedules.
Source: Business Standard
CYBER SAFETY
• It also recommends ethical practices including precautions and 
measures for maintaining cyber safety.
• It envisages convergence with the government initiatives on digital 
education e.g. SWAYAM Prabha, SWAYAM, DIKSHA and Radio 
Vahini, Shiksha Vaani.
Source: RajRAS