DIKSHA (Digital Knowledge Sharing Infrastructure) is the Government of India's national digital platform for school education. Built and maintained by the

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under the aegis of the

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(MoE), it delivers open educational resources (OER), large‑scale teacher professional development, analytics and a suite of interoperable digital services in 36 Indian languages. The platform was declared India's "One Nation, One Digital Platform" for school education in May 2020 as part of the PM e‑Vidya programme announced during the

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History

* September 2017 – Strategy paper for the National Teacher Platform released by then HRD Minister

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; public launch on 5 September 2017 (Teachers' Day) by Vice‑President M. Venkaiah Naidu. * May 2020 – Integrated into PM e‑Vidya as the core digital pillar during nationwide school closures. * July 2021 – Identified by the Prime Minister as a foundational building block of the National Digital Education Architecture (NDEAR). * April 2025 – 6,600 Energised textbooks and over 10,000 QR‑linked resources showcased at the YUGM Conclave.

Architecture

DIKSHA runs on ''Sunbird''—an MIT‑licensed micro‑services stack of more than 100 building blocks created for internet‑scale learning platforms. * Federated identities and Single-Sign-On * Interoperability via LTI, QR codes, and NDEAR registries * Real-time analytics dashboards

Features

Adoption and usage

* Adopted by all 36 States and UTs, CBSE, NIOS and

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. * As of July 2022: 5.8 billion sessions, 3.8 billion hits, 292,000 live contents. * During March–October 2020: 10 billion page views, 450 million QR scans.

Related initiatives

* PM eVIDYA – Broadcasts DIKSHA content on 12 DTH channels. * iGOT-DIKSHA – Separate DIKSHA instance for training frontline workers.

Licensing

* NCERT textbooks: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 * VidyaDaan content: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 by default

Challenges

Persistent issues include: * Urban–rural digital divide * Varied digital literacy * Inconsistent quality of contributed content * Infrastructure scaling for peak demand

Future roadmap

The 2024–2027 roadmap includes: * Adaptive learning technologies * Enhanced offline features * Expanded vocational training content

References

External links

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Sunbird source code
* {{Education in India Government schemes in India Indian educational websites Learning management systems 2017 establishments in India