With the COVID 19 situation, there are a number of challenges that students are constantly facing. Delayed exams, loss of attendance and classes that seem suspended for indefinite periods – these are a few of the side effects of the pandemic. Such issues have forced us to turn our attention online. Students are now flocking to online resources to study and prepare. Free study material is the new big resource that many portals and universities are offering online. In fact, even prestigious names like Harvard University are offering free online courses for students the world over.
While the fate of board exams and consequently other competitive exams is hanging the balance, we can always remain prepared. There are a number of portals in India that offer free study material. Let us cast a glance on a few such resources:
MBD Group: The MBD Group has long been known as one of the premier names in academic material. With many well known books and literary projects, you can always expect the very best educational material from this publishing house. MBD Group has also recently made free study material available online. This material can be found on the e-learning portal of the MBD group. Here, you can easily tap into over 1500 educational titles and 8000 digital resources. Many of the books and resources adhere to the NCERT and other major boards in our country.
Diksha: This is also one of the best known learning portals in India. Diksha has also decided to assist students by providing free study material on its portal. Students can access this material on the free app that can easily be downloaded on one’s phone. Additionally, the portal also provides the free study material in close to 15 languages. Students from grades 6 to 10 can easily use this material which is spread across 80000 pieces of content.
National Repository of Open Educational Resources (NROER): This is also a well known portal that provides free study material to all its students. With over 1345 articles and over 400 files, you can be sure that you can find any study material on any topic and for any curriculum. You can also tap into the 6000 videos that are available in many languages in order to assist students from all over the country.
Swayam: Swayam is another upcoming educational portal that provides you with 1900 courses online. The best part about this free study material on this portal is the fact that it covers school boards as well as higher education.
With many portals such as these, we would also do well to remember that board exams like CBSE and ICSE are also providing free study material on highly interactive platforms like YouTube and others. Further, you can also access podcasts as well as 32 DTH channels. These channels are busy broadcasting free study material to students online. Apart from these resources, you would also do well to remember that the Indian Government has ensured that the learning process does not stop. You can find even more free study material online by logging into the National Digital Library of India.
So even with the pandemic situation, students would have no excuse but to prepare and keep studying thanks to the free study material that is readily available online!
