NEAT 3.0

2022 JAN 4

Preliminary   > Social Justice   >   Education   >   Higher education

Why in news?

  • Government recently launched NEAT 3.0, a single platform to provide the best-developed ed-tech solutions and courses to students of the country.

About National Educational Alliance for Technology (NEAT):

  • NEAT scheme was launched by Ministry of Education
  • It is an initiative to provide the use of best-developed technological solutions in the education sector to enhance the employability of the youth on a single platform for learners' convenience.
  • These solutions use artificial intelligence for a personalised and customised learning experience.
  • NEAT is a Public-Private Partnership model between the Government and the Education Technology companies.

How it works?

  • MHRD would act as a facilitator to ensure that the solutions are freely available to a large number of economically backward students.
  • MHRD would create and maintain a National NEAT platform that would provide one-stop access to these technological solutions.
  • EdTech companies would be responsible for developing solutions and manage registration of learners through the NEAT portal.
  • 58 global and Indian start-up ed-tech companies are onboard NEAT and are offering 100 courses and e-resources for bettering learning outcomes
  • They would be free to charge fees as per their policy.
  • As their contribution towards the national cause, they would have to offer free coupons to the extent of 25% of the total registrations for their solution through NEAT portal.
  • MHRD would distribute the free coupons for learning to the most socially/economically backward students.
    • Under NEAT 3.0, more than 12 lakhs socially and economically disadvantaged students have been provided free ed-tech course coupons
  • AICTE would be the implementing agency for NEAT programme.

PRELIMS QUESTION

Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding National Educational Alliance for Technology Scheme?

1. It is a Public-Private Partnership model between the Government and the Education Technology companies.

2. The scheme caters to the STEM (Science, Technology Engineering, and Mathematics) education only.

Choose the correct answer using the codes given below:

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer