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22/11/22 06:33 AM IST

Ministry of Tribal Affairs to Train Students, Teachers at Eklavya Model Residential School in AR-VR Skills

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  • National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS) and ( 1 Million For 1 Billion) 1M1B Foundation have signed MoU to train teachers and students of Eklavya Model Residential Schools.
About the program 
  • The program will skill teachers and students with Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) using AR-VR skills curriculum launched by CBSE.
  • The program’s objective includes providing teachers and students at Eklavya Model Residential School with training and capacity-building opportunities (EMRSes). As part of the program being piloted in EMRSs in Rajasthan and Uttarakhand in its first phase.
  • NESTS and 1M1B aims to engage students of EMRSes in nation-building by enabling teachers and students to understand the world of possibilities offered by emerging technologies and become creators using Augmented reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) to build India’s Metaverse.
  • This initiative will democratise education and skilling.
  • This initiative will turn our teachers and students into “Atma Nirbhar" at every level, fulfilling our Prime Minister’s vision of developing “Digital India.
1M1B
  • 1 Million for 1 Billion (1M1B), is a Not for Profit company accredited to the United Nations with special consultative status to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and is associated with the United Nations Department of Global Communications and also is a registered credible organization with NGO Darpan Portal of NITI Aayog.
  • It is a social innovation and future skills initiative aligned to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Eklavya Model Residential Schools
  • EMRS is a scheme for making model residential schools for Indian tribals (ST- Scheduled Tribes) across India. It started in the year 1997-98 and comes under the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.
Source- Live Mint

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