Goa has begun digitising textbook lessons for students from Grade I to VIII, with teacher-led videos for all subjects set to be uploaded on the national DIKSHA platform as supplementary classroom material.
The Goa State Council for Educational Research and Training (GSCERT) has started filming the lessons after adding two studios to its infrastructure. Two more studios belonging to the directorate of higher education will also be used for the project, taking the total facilities available for production to four.
GSCERT director Meghana Shetgaonkar said filming had already begun. She said the state had completed the introduction of new textbooks aligned with the National Education Policy for Grades I to VIII, adding that the revised books included new content and local topics.
The videos will cover textbook content across subjects and will be uploaded to DIKSHA, the national digital platform for school education launched by the National Council of Educational Research and Training in 2017. Teachers and students will be able to access the material as a reference and use it to supplement classroom teaching.
The initiative follows earlier digital education work by the directorate of higher education, which created videos covering its syllabus across subjects and streams in the years after the Covid-19 pandemic. Similar explanatory videos are already available online for CBSE and ICSE students across classes, while digital content for Goa Board schools was only partly developed during the pandemic.
Shetgaonkar said the availability of dedicated studios would allow the revised textbook content to be converted into videos in a more structured manner. She added that the department had identified access problems with earlier online material and would work to resolve them in the new exercise. Central government funds are available for the initiative, she said.
The digital lessons are intended to support, rather than replace, classroom teaching. Their usefulness will depend on how easily students and teachers can find and use the material, particularly as the state introduces revised textbooks and changes linked to the National Education Policy.
GSCERT is also continuing taluka-level interactions with heads of institutions, teachers and parent-teacher associations in government and aided schools. The latest round, held in September, focused on implementation of the National Education Policy, including changes to assessment patterns. Shetgaonkar said the interactions had been conducted regularly over the past two years to address questions and concerns from schools and parents.
