Frequently Asked Questions for Partners
The vision of SWAYAM Plus is to ensure access and equitable opportunities for all learners to enhance their employability and professional development. It will focus on achieving the following:
- Building a platform for all stakeholders in the upskilling / re-skilling, including learners, course providers, industry, academia and strategic partners to come together.
- High-quality learning and certification programs from the best industry and academia at affordable costs.
- Employment-focused programs imparting future skills in chosen domains
- Reach a large learner base by catering to learning across the country, with a focus on reaching learners from tier 2 and 3 towns
- Enabling integration with Academic Bank of Credits (ABC) so learner can accumulate credits from multiple institutions, both academic and industry, through their learning journey
- Flexible offerings basis learner needs – across chosen domains with options to learn through resources in vernacular languages.
- Access to Indian Knowledge Systems for learners across the globe.
SWAYAM Plus will adopt an ecosystem approach by working with various strategic partners i.e., academic institutions, industry, edtech platforms and individual contributors, while SWAYAM currently focuses on partnerships with academic institution through 9 National Coordinators. In the due course of time, SWAYAM Plus will offer the whole gamut of qualifications. However, in the initial years, the focus will be on certification programmes.
SWAYAM Plus will have programmes in chosen sectors, namely – Manufacturing, Energy, Banking, Finance and Insurance, Healthcare, Information Technology and Services, Digital and Emerging Technologies, Social Sciences, Hospitality and Tourism, Teacher Education, Retail, Indian Knowledge Systems, Media, Communication and Soft Skills, Engineering and others.
SWAYAM Plus will offer courses across diverse sectors and not restrict itself to Engineering or technology. Sectors like Energy, Healthcare, Logistics (and more as mentioned in Q 2) will also be focused upon.
SWAYAM Plus will enable credit recognition of courses that learners are taking both from industry as well as academic institutions.
It aims to be accessible, affordable and provide flexible education with greater inclusivity. In the due course of time, SWAYAM Plus will offer the whole gamut of qualifications.
SWAYAM Plus is intended primarily to benefit anyone who is looking for an opportunity to upskill / reskill themselves. The courses on SWAYAM Plus are employability focused and are in diverse domains. However, the primary target audience for whom courses are chosen are learners from higher education institutions and working professionals. SWAYAM Plus will specifically focus on ensuring reach and access to learners from tier 2 and tier 3 towns and cities. In the due course of time, the courses on SWAYAM Plus will cater to a much larger audience, beyond learners from higher education institutions and working professionals.
- SWAYAM Plus aims to bring high-quality, employability-focused education from reputed industry partners and academic institutions to the learners. It will focus on maximizing student admission from across the country with no or low barriers to entry.
- The platform will be multilingual, encouraging a diverse audience to choose SWAYAM Plu s as a platform of choice.
- It also enables learners to earn credits for industry-offered courses and integrate with APAAR, thereby providing academic flexibility.