SWAYAM PRABHA is an education learning platform initiated by which of the following, and is available 24 by 7 through 34 DTH channels?
AMinistry of Human Resource Development (now the Ministry of Education) ✓ Correct
BUniversity Grants Commission (UGC)
CConsortium for Educational Communication (CEC)
DAll India Council of Technical Education (AICTE)
Correct answer: (A) Ministry of Human Resource Development (now the Ministry of Education)
Explanation
SWAYAM PRABHA was initiated by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, now the Ministry of Education, and runs round the clock through 34 DTH channels.
The University Grants Commission supports content but did not launch this DTH platform.
The Consortium for Educational Communication produces some channel content yet is not the initiating ministry.
The All India Council of Technical Education is not the body that started SWAYAM PRABHA.
The channels use the GSAT-15 satellite to telecast high-quality educational programmes.
Fresh content is uploaded daily and repeated through the day for wider reach.
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