Digital India programme was launched by the government with a focus
on digital empowerment of citizens and creation of digital
infrastructure as a utility to every citizen for governance and services
on demand. Under this initiative, the NDA government is trying to
transform every possible sector.
‘Basta’ in Hindi means a school bag. As the name suggests, eBasta is literally a digital schoolbag with the digital version of school books and study material. The various features of eBasta are as follows:
eBasta
The Government of India has now extended a helping hand to the students of India in the form of the eBasta platform. This is a collaborative platform where students, teachers and book retailers can come together and help each other.‘Basta’ in Hindi means a school bag. As the name suggests, eBasta is literally a digital schoolbag with the digital version of school books and study material. The various features of eBasta are as follows:
- This programme will make all school books available in the digital format and can be accessed on laptops and tablets.
- Resources available in the digital form include text, simulation, animations, audio books, and videos among many other features.
- Web based applications will be available to access and navigate the framework of eBasta.
- Teachers or the school can log on to the portal and customise the eBasta contents according to the requirement, standard, and syllabus of their students.
- Students can access the content included by the teachers or the school on the same portal. They can use eBasta application by downloading them on their computers or android phones.
- The android app is like a eBook reader. Once the student has access he/she will have the content as required by the teachers.
- The content is easily transferable.
- eBasta is also beneficial for the publishers. It will be easier for them to penetrate into schools and students in every nook and corner of India and sell books in the digital format. All they need to do is register on to the eBasta portal.