614 Virtual Laboratories Built To Promote Student Creativity

DIKSHA: Powering India's Digital Learning Ecosystem; The teacher courses are delivered through the Learning Management System (LMS) that is integrated within the digital learning platform.

FinTech BizNews Service 

Mumbai, 28 June 2026: Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing (DIKSHA) is an open-source platform that provides easy access to high-quality, curriculum-linked digital learning materials in multiple languages to students and teachers across the country. 

A National Platform for Education

It is a key component of the PM e-Vidya initiative of the Ministry of Education that aims to ensure continuity of learning through online means. DIKSHA is termed as the nation's One Nation, One Digital Platform for school education. Launched in 2017, it is spearheaded by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in collaboration with the Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET).

DIKSHA can be customised to suit different needs and has therefore been widely accepted and adopted by various boards in almost all states and UTs. It provides digital learning material for complete K–12 digital learning, covering foundational literacy and numeracy (FLN) to senior secondary education.

DIKSHA aims to create a dynamic learning ecosystem powered by technology and innovation. It promotes accessible, engaging, and personalised experiences for diverse learner needs. Learning extends beyond traditional classrooms through digital and interactive resources. It equips students with skills that support academic success, personal growth, and holistic development.

The platform features media-rich, interactive resources, including 2D/3D animations, AR experiences, simulations, virtual labs, and sign language videos, designed to enhance conceptual clarity and cater to diverse learning styles. There are QR-coded Energised Textbooks, linking physical NCERT books to videos, interactives, and teacher guides for seamless classroom engagement. For the differently-abled learners it provides inclusive features like DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) format, text-to-speech, and Indian Sign Language (ISL) videos.

DIKSHA empowers personalised learning with unlimited practice questions, detailed solutions, adaptive assessments, and competency-based question banks that identify gaps and enable timely remediation. It supports teacher professional development via NISHTHA and state-specific TPD modules, offering self-paced, certified training to upskill educators nationwide. This integrated ecosystem—combining content creation, curation, consumption, and analytics—drives inclusive, data-informed, and joyful learning aligned with NEP 2020.

Platform Structure and Content Verification

The DIKSHA platform is designed to ensure decentralised participation and rigorous content validation. Its structure enables contribution while maintaining quality standards through periodic review.

• The platform operates on a federated architecture, enabling each participant to upload and manage content independently.
• The participants upload electronic content and courses in their mother tongue or regional languages across the country.
• This approach allows customisation in language, curriculum alignment, and pedagogy, catering to diverse learner groups nationwide.
• Digital learning resources under the platform remain contextually relevant, continuously updated, and widely accessible to learners.
• The Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET-NCERT) periodically validates participant content based on prescribed guidelines.
• All participants are advised to provide age‑appropriate and grade‑appropriate content in their respective regional languages.

 Learning Without Barriers: Offline Access and Multilingual Support

DIKSHA platform supports both online and offline accessibility. Learners can download content in advance and access it conveniently without an active internet connection.

• States and Union Territories preload content on Smart Class boards to ensure dependable offline access.
• Following the National Education Policy 2020, the platform supports school education across multiple languages from the foundational stage.
• The NCERT translates textbooks for classes 1, 2, 3, and 6 into 22 scheduled languages.
• These translated textbooks are also available on the NCERT portal, ensuring convenient student learning.
• Both learners and teachers access the platform, which supports 135 languages, including 128 Indian and seven foreign languages.

 Features that Enable Success

The platform offers a state-of-the-art learning ecosystem built around the following tools and capabilities for users.

• More than 614 Virtual Laboratories have been created and made available to promote critical thinking and student creativity.
• 50 faculty members from State Councils and District Institutes were trained to develop professional development courses for teachers.
• The teacher courses are delivered through the Learning Management System (LMS) that is integrated within the digital learning platform.

 Advancing Education at Scale: Key Statistics (as on 27 June, 2026)

From empowering learners and teachers to supporting nationwide digital education initiatives, DIKSHA continues to drive meaningful change.