Integration of Personalised Adaptive Learning (PAL) into DIKSHA Platform

• 06 Sep 2023

Recently, it was announced that the National eGovernance Division (NeGD) under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is set to integrate Personalised Adaptive Learning (PAL) into its existing Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing (DIKSHA) platform.

Key Points:

• DIKSHA: DIKSHA, under the Ministry of Education, provides e-content for schools via an online portal and a mobile application. It also has embedded assistive technologies for learners with visual or hearing impairments. However, DIKSHA is a static content repository.
• NCERT's Request: The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has sought the MeitY’s expertise in facilitating PAL for DIKSHA.
• How PAL Works: In an example of how PAL works, if a student of Class 9 is learning the Pythagoras theorem and makes a calculation mistake, the AI learning system flags it and loops the student back to a basic video of how to make the calculation.
• Challenges in Implementing PAL: Building PAL is a massive exercise. Content from across subjects will have to be categorized and different chunks will have to be tagged. New content may also have to be created.
• PAL initially focuses on challenging subjects like Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics for Classes 9 to 12.
• State-Level Experiments: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Haryana, and Madhya Pradesh have experimented with PAL in their schools, with varying results and challenges.
• Budget constraints have been a significant obstacle in implementing PAL.
• Future Integration: NeGD plans to assess the market for edtech companies to help launch PAL and possibly integrate it with DIKSHA 2.0.
• MeitY is considering the introduction of voice commands in DIKSHA 2.0 as part of AI-enabled learning.