New Delhi, Apr 9 (UNI) The Union Government has launched a training module for management of COVID-19 named ‘Integrated Govt Online training’ (iGOT) portal on the Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry’s DIKSHA platform for capacity building of frontline workers, to handle the pandemic efficiently.
To take care of the training needs of the frontline workers, courses on iGOT have been launched for doctors, nurses, paramedics, hygiene workers, technicians, auxiliary nursing midwives (ANMs), State Government officers, civil defence officers, various police organisations, National Cadet Corps (NCC), Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS), National Service Scheme, Indian Red Cross Society, Bharat Scouts and Guides and other volunteers at the stage, an official statement here said.
The uniqueness of the ‘Digital Infrastructure Knowledge Sharing’ (DIKSHA) platform - an initiative for education and training platform - is its federated architecture, which makes it possible for iGOT portal to leverage it and help train lakhs of 'Corona warriors,' including government officials, frontline health workers and volunteers from organisations like NCC, NSS, and NYKS, to prepare them to fight against the pandemic.