Pune: The All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) has launched Enhancement in Learning with Improvement in Skills (ELIS) online portal for students for regular subjects on Sunday. The portal aims to build up valuable skill sets as required in the actual work environment on Sunday.
The e-learning contents on the portal have been sourced from 18 leading Ed-tech companies with 26 different courses. AICTE has stated that these e-learning contents will be available for free till May 15.
A notification issued by AICTE stated that the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in India has caused extreme distress to the students and is a setback to academic activity. Many companies have come forward and offered their e-learning content free of cost to learners. To foster digital learning and support the student community across the country, ELIS portal --http://free.aicte-india.org/ has been designed by AICTE.
AICTE chairman Prof Anil Sahasrabudhe along with vice-chairman Prof MP Poonia and member secretary Prof Rajive Kumar launched the portal. The development team was led by the national educational alliance for technology (NEAT) chief coordinating officer Buddha Chandrashekhar and cell team members Elangovan, Debanshu Srivastava and Baljeet Singh.
AICTE officials also stated that under normal circumstances these are selectively available at prices ranging from Rs 5,000 to Rs 20,000. However, all participating companies have offered to enrol students in the present lockdown period without any cost until May 15. In effect, there shall be no charges whatsoever to be paid by learners who enrol now till the course is completed.
