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NCERT textbooks will carry QR codes to related web links and videos from 2019
NCERT textbooks will have QR codes from next year, which will provide web links to videos or related reading content to help students understand subjects better, Union minister Prakash Javadekar said yesterday.
Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday annonced that NCERT published textbooks will carry QR codes from next year, which will provide web links to videos or related reading content to help students understand subjects better. Quick Response (QR) Codes are machine-readable codes consisting of an array of black and white squares, which essentially encode web link as graphics that can be read by a smartphone camera.
He was quoted as, "from 2019, books will be “energised”, carrying QR codes, which would allow the students to access films and additional material to supplement the chapter".
The minister also said that a committee has been formed to look into the issue of promoting digital board by replacing the blackboard to improve quality of education. He said the committee will give their report in a month’s time.
