Page 53 - NIS English 16-31 July,2025

5 years of NEP 2020 | NATION

Emphasis on world Promotion of
class education Digital Education
IIT Initiative of online education

7 new IITs opened after 2014 facility through PM e-Vidya Diksha platform
IIM NCERT books Online training
to teachers.
8 new IIMs opened after 2014 377 have been digitized Modules
AIIMS and made available 12 created in
new AIIMS opened on the e-Pathshala Nishtha 3.0.
13 from 2014 till now mobile app 2.40
Residential Schools Lakh teachers
Eklavya Model Residential Textbooks with QR codes trained
354 Schools started after 2014 available for all grades
33
Medical Colleges 24x7 broadcast of education Language quality
new medical colleges content on Swayam Prabha e-content available.
157 approved, 131 already started TV channels

Schools
Prime Minister’s Schools for Rising
14,500 India (PM SHRI Schools) will be Reforms undertaken for higher education
developed as exemplary schools.
n Introduction of National Credit Framework
MBBS seats almost doubled in 10 Years
n National Higher Education Qualification Framework
Year College MBBS seats
n Curriculum and Credit Framework for Undergraduate
2014 404 54,348 Programmes
2025 780 1,18,190
n Multiple entry and exit in academic programmes of
HEIs
558 universities established in a decade
n Transforming HEIs into multi-disciplinary institutions
2014-15 760 n Running two academic programmes simultaneously

n An Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry
June,2025 1,338 of each student, which will serve as a lifelong identity
to track their academic journey and achievements from
pre-primary to higher education
Higher education institutions
increased by about 35 percent n Launch of PM-Vidyalakshmi Yojana for financial
assistance to meritorious students
2014-15 51,534 n Allowing 40% credit in regular courses using the

SWAYAM platform
2024-25 70,018 n Launch of new SWAYAM Plus portal aimed at
promoting skilling, upskilling, and reskilling

n Integration of technology in the administration of
HEIs from admission to award of degree through
SAMARTH
n Allowing HEIs to have two admission cycles in an
academic year
Incorporating Indian knowledge systems in education
n

July 16-31, 2025 || NEW INDIA SAMACHAR 51