<span style="color: #222222;">Human Resource Development Ministry has taken several initiatives to ensure that the education of&nbsp; learners should not get affected&nbsp; due to COVID-19 outbreak . The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS)&nbsp;has made innovations in telecast of Live session through Skype on&nbsp; Swayam Prabha DTH Channel Panini,&nbsp; Channel Sharda&nbsp; and Channel Kishore Manch. The learners can watch the lesson based educational programs on these DTH Channels and NIOS YouTube channel. They can watch&nbsp; 6 hours of recorded broadcast from 7 AM to 1 PM followed by 6 hours of live session from 1 PM&nbsp; to 7 PM with four different subject experts. Learners can also pose questions to subject experts by calling in and through the Student Portal of NIOS website during the live telecast.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">Tata Sky and Airtel DTH operators have agreed to air three Swayam Prabha DTH channels on their DTH platforms. Now these channels are available through all DTH service providers besides DD-DTH and Jio TV App. People can request their DTH Service provider for these free to air channels.&nbsp;</span><br />” <br />”<span style="color: #222222;">With an aim to provide&nbsp; quality education, content is also being made available online through 'SWAYAM’ MOOC platform of MHRD for various subjects from class 9th to 12th. Along with Self Learning Material, SWAYAM portal provides video lectures and facility of self-assessment. The questions and queries of the learners are also being resolved through discussions forum. In addition, for those who do not have much access to internet, these video lectures are telecast on MHRD SWAYAM PRABHA TV channels.&nbsp;</span><br />