✅The Central Government in its Budget 2022-23 announced the establishment of a digital university that provides access to students for world-class quality universal education with personalized learning experiences at their doorsteps.

▪️Structure of NDU:

✅The institution will function under a hub-and-spoke model, which is where one product is delivered to various stakeholders from a central location.
✅The digital content for various courses will be hosted on the Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds (SWAYAM) platform.
✅The IT and administrative services will be provided through the government’s Samarth portal.

▪️Facilities offered:

✅The university will offer exclusively online courses from its partner institutes, which could be both private and public universities, so far as they follow the NDU’s model.
✅The students can opt for certificate, diploma, or degree courses.
✅NDU will allow students to pursue multiple courses at a time from the various partner institutes of NDU.
✅Students will be able to register for programmes of individual universities through this Digital University.
✅NDU aims to give students the liberty to design their own courses.

✅How are academic credits granted?

✅Students will have the option of earning credits from multiple institutions and will have multiple exit points throughout the course.
✅Courses will hold a certain number of credits, and students will be eligible for a degree from a particular institute when they have accumulated 50% of the credits of a programme from the institute concerned.
✅In case the student earns credits from multiple institutions and crosses the credit threshold, the degree awarded will be by NDU.