SRINAGAR: In the academic interest of the students Educational Multi Media Research Centre University of Kashmir (EMRC) KU has suggested the students that they can still study from the safety of their homes.
In a statement issued by Director EMRC KU Dr Shahid Rasool “We urge the students to reach on the digital education platform being provided by the Consortium for Educational Communication in collaboration with Educational Multimedia Research Centres ((EMRC) KU.”
“We fully support the initiatives being taken by the Government of India in fighting the COVID-19. As a precautionary measure classes have been suspended in most of the educational institutions in India. Nevertheless, the students can still study from the safety of their homes. For this we urge them to reach on the digital education platform being provided by the Consortium for Educational Communication in collaboration with Educational Multimedia Research Centres ((EMRC),” said Dr Shahid Rasool Director EMRC KU.
He added while being at home the students could connect with the CEC digital education platforms for the courseware available as below:
• E-content courseware in 87 undergraduate subjects available on CEC website.
• 11 subject based SWAYAM Prabha DTH channels available on DD free dish, Dish TV and Reliance Jio mobile App. These channels are providing curriculum based educational programs including live lectures in various Higher education subjects which include Humanities, Science, Management, Professional courses, Computer science and Indian and classical music.
He said these channels are free to air and can also be accessed through your cable operator.
• UG and PG MOOCs which were earlier delivered on SWAYAM Platform are being archived and may be accessed by any learner (even not registered in the courses) on:
http://ugcmoocs.inflibnet.ac.in/ugcmoocs/moocs_courses.php
In current semester, CEC is also delivering more than 150 SWAYAM MOOCs for Under Graduate and Post Graduate level. Besides, students can also go to CEC-UGC YouTube channel and make use of unlimited educational curriculum based lectures absolutely free that could help them keep pace with academics at this hour of distress,” said Dr Shahid Rasool
For details please visit http://cec.nic.in/
For any further assistance or clarification, please feel free to contact EMRC, University of Kashmir.

KR Desk