Page 2 - newsletter- july-2020

From the

Joint Director’s Desk

It gives me immense pleasure to share the works undertaken by the Central Institute of Educational
Technology (CIET) in this quarter. As we all know, the second wave of COVID-19 hit hard on the lives of
people of all walks of life in our country. Many of the academic and non-academic sta s of our
institution also got a ected by the virus with di erent intensities. In spite of this, the functioning of

institution did not stop.
PM eVIDYA initiative of the MoE, GoI which focuses on various digital platforms: TV, radio and internet

based and their coherence remained the key area of work. Before and after the lockdown, recordings
of videos in various forms; Curriculum-based, ISL videos and bite-sized videos on Learning Outcomes
were carried out. Production of audio programmes was also taking place hand-in-hand. The telecast as
well as broadcast of all these video and audio programmes was done on a regular basis through
various modes. The live interactive sessions, webinar on ICT tools and Manodarpan-SAHYOG telecast
on the 12 DTH TV channels under PM eVIDYA tried to provide support for the overall growth and
well-being of the viewers of the country.

Since the institution has been working for various digital initiatives and enhanced access to quality
education to students of the country, all other programmes of CIET such as, MOOCs on SWAYAM,
NISHTHA, ePathshala, NROER, ICT curriculum and DIKSHA provided required teaching-learning

materials to the students, teachers, teacher educators and parents. We will keep our stakeholders
informed on the works undertaken by our institution through the newsletter. I would like to
wish all a safe and healthy life ahead.

Amarendra P. Behera