swayam

SWAYAM is a programme initiated by Government of India. This platform facilitates hosting of courses. The platform is designed to achieve the three cardinal principles – ‘Access’ to every learner, ‘Equality’ for every learner, and ‘quality’ content to every learner. Number of Courses based on learners’ choice and their education level are available on the SWAYAM platform. 

All SWAYAM courses are interactive and well designed by expert teachers in their domain in the country. Courses are free of cost for any learner. However, if learner needs certificate then learner has to pay fees for registration for proctored examination. For proctored examination, learner will give proctored exam in-person at designed centres on the specific course examination date. Certificate eligibility is defined in specific course page and certificate will be issued based on defined criteria on course page.

Jaypee Institute of Information Technology actively promotes and encourages students to enrol and undertake MOOCs courses across disciplines from the SWAYAM platform and has made provision for credit transfer in the academic system as per UGC and AICTE guidelines. The NPTEL credit framework for online learning courses is broadly adhered to. The marks obtained from Swayam portal are converted to grades after verification, and the corresponding credits are transferred in JIIT system.