Government of India launches a training module for management of COVID-19, iGOT on DIKSHA platform of MHRD

Government of India launches a training module for management of COVID-19 named ‘Integrated Government Online training’ (iGOT) portal on DIKSHA platform of MHRD. The portal aims to enhance capacity building of front line workers to handle the pandemic efficiently. MHRD’s DIKSHA Platform is being already used by more than one crore teachers & students across 30 states & UTs

India is fighting against covid-19 Pandemic and India's first line of workers is already engaged in COVID relief and doing commendable job. However, a larger force will be needed to replace the first line and to tackle the exponential or geometric increase in positive COVID cases in the subsequent stages of the pandemic.

Accordingly, to take care of the training needs of the frontline workers, the Government of India tweeted about launching of a training module for management of COVID-19 named ‘Integrated Govt. Online training’ (iGOT) portal on Ministry of HRD’s DIKSHA platform for the capacity building of frontline workers to handle the pandemic efficiently.

Courses on iGOT have been launched for:-

• Doctors
• Nurses
• Paramedics
• Hygiene Workers
• Technicians
• Auxiliary Nursing Midwives (ANMs)
• State Government Officers
• Civil Defence Officers
• Various Police Organisations
• National Cadet Corps(NCC)
• Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS)
• National Service Scheme
• Indian Red Cross Society
• Bharat Scouts and Guides and other volunteers at the stage.

Courtesy, MHRD

MHRD’s ‘Digital Infrastructure Knowledge Sharing’ (DIKSHA) platform - an initiative for education & training has been leveraged by Government of India to launch iGOT portal to train all frontline healthcare and COVID Warriors of India to meet Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi’s vision to care for those ‘who care for the nation’,

Courtesy, MHRD

DIKSHA platform is well equipped to cater to unlimited demands of learning, any time, anywhere. Multiple states in the country besides NCERT & CBSE will be using it for online teacher training, conducting quizzes, doing learning activities to promote creative & critical thinking, as well as for ensuring continuity in curriculum linked education for students in these times.

The portal website link is https://igot.gov.in/igot/. The platform will provide the training module on flexitime and on site basis so that the COVID response can be delivered at scale for the workforce needed to tackle the pandemic.

(ETV Bharat)