Top free ed-tech platforms and courses to do this summer

Discover free educational platforms like SWAYAM, NDLI, eGyanKosh, freeCodeCamp, Khan Academy, ePathshala, DIKSHA for online learning resources.

With the introduction of technology in the education sector and several debates about banning smartphones in schools in the country, we need to understand the good and the bad side of the internet. While the world is literally at your fingertips, the same is true vice versa; your data is also at the world’s fingertips. Thus pointing out how important it is to look into privacy and safe browsing while surfing the internet. The other side of the internet is the abundance of opportunities to learn and develop various skills. Diving into the internet to learn something can be often overwhelming, and despite many useful platforms being there right in front of us, it is easy to get lost. So, here are a few free platforms from which you can access

SWAYAM Prabha is an initiative of the Ministry of Education to provide 80 high-quality educational channels through DTH throughout the country on a 24x7 basis. It covers all the major subjects and ensures new content is out there regularly.

The National Digital Library of India (NDLI) functions as an online repository of educational resources, including textbooks, articles, videos, audiobooks, lectures, simulations, fiction, and other instructional materials for the academic community. This initiative is managed by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, through its National Mission on Education via Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT). The platform is developed, operated, and maintained by the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

eGyanKosh is a national digital archive to store, index, preserve, distribute and share the digital learning resources developed by the open and distance learning institutions in the country, maintained and run by IGNOU.

SWAYAM is a free, open online platform provided by the Indian government that offers educational courses for university and college learners. The SWAYAM initiative was launched by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) (now Ministry of Education), Government of India, in 2017 under ‘Digital India’, covering all advanced education, high school, and skill sector courses.

freeCodeCamp (also referred to as Free Code Camp) is a non-profit educational organisation that consists of an interactive learning web platform, an online community forum, online publications and local organisations that intend to make learning software development and computer programming accessible to anyone, beginning with tutorials that introduce students to HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, C#, etc.

Khan Academy is an American non-profit educational organisation created in 2006 to create a set of online tools that help educate students. The organisation produces short video lessons as well as supplementary practice exercises and materials for educators. It has produced over 10,000 video lessons teaching a wide spectrum of academic subjects, including mathematics, sciences, literature, history, and computer science, that are available for free.