Education Minister Suresh Bhardwaj addressed the representative of Artificial Intelligence and Edu-Tech 'Embibe' and students through webinar, here today.
Published on 14 Jul 2020
He said that online education provided through ‘Embibe’ for aspirants of competitive examinations was appreciable and would benefit students and improve education standards.
He said that under Medha Protsahan Yojna, 182 selected students were being provided coaching facilities in identified coaching centres within and outside the State, with an estimated expenditure of Rs.1.49 crore. He said that ‘Embibe’ has proved to be helpful in maintaining regularity in preparation during COVID-19.
Besides this, as many as 1160 students of the science stream of 12th and 1205 students of graduation level were availing this facility free of cost. Suresh Bhardwaj said that free-of-cost preparation was being provided through the online portal ‘Onlinetyari’ of Embibe to students preparing for JEE, IAS, SSC, railways, defense services, NET, SET and other competitive examinations.
During COVID-19, 10 thousand aspirants can avail of the benefit of this platform free of cost. State Project Director, State Project Monitoring and New Initiative Unit, Higher Education Shakti Bhushan detailed about the online education being provided by the State Government. Director Embibe Devender Gaur welcomed the Education Minister and thanked him for encouraging everyone through a webinar.
He said that interested students could register on www.educationhp.embibe.com for further information. Chairman Higher Education Council Dr Sunil Gupta, Secretary Education Rajeev Sharma, Director Higher Education Dr Amarjeet Sharma, State Project Director Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan Ashish Kohli, representatives of Embibe and students were present on this occasion.