The National Program for Enhanced Learning in Technology (NPTEL), a national coordinator of SWAYAM, has opened enrollment for more than 500 online certification courses, which are open to working students and professionals across India. NPTEL offers these courses completely free of charge, a joint initiative of the IIT and the IISc.
While the courses are free, students will need to pay a fee for the exam. Exams will be conducted for candidates requiring certification. Certification is optional. Students between the ages of 13 and 86 can earn NPTEL certification.
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NPTEL has started granting ‘domain certification’. “A domain comprises a set of core and elective NPTEL courses. Those who complete a mastery (specific core courses + elective courses) with an average score of 60 will earn a certificate of mastery from NPTEL. There are no additional charges / fees involved in obtaining domain certification. There are 44 domains in 12 disciplines available now and more are in the works, ”said Professor Andrew Thangaraj, coordinator of SWAYAM-NPTEL-IIT Madras.
As part of the course, students will be required to watch online videos, submit assignments weekly, and register for a proctored in-person final exam. More than 1.2 million students have joined NPTEL courses to date, according to official data. NPTEL’s videos have received more than a billion views so far, he says.
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Prathap Haridoss, SWAYAM-NPTEL-IIT Madras coordinator, said: “NPTEL currently has 49 industrial partners. Experts and senior leaders from companies are contributing to NPTEL through their live sessions on various technologies and are providing career guidance to NPTEL students. NPTEL has performed more than 150 live sessions to date. “
SWAYAM-NPTEL currently works closely with more than 4,000 universities in engineering, arts, commerce, science, and management disciplines across the country. Many students are taking these certification exams as it helps them improve their employability.
Some of the popular courses include programming, data structures and algorithms using Python, basic electrical circuits, engineering thermodynamics, and fundamentals of health research and constitutional studies. Students can also join these courses through the SWAYAM website.
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