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E-PG Pa hshala: T ans o ming Highe Educa ion
h ough Open Educa ional Resou ces in India
Educa ion
Sa ish Dandge
Lib a ian
SMBT Ins i u e o Medical Sciences & Resea ch
Cen e, Dhamangaon, Nashik
Manisha Su ase
Lib a ian
SPL’s CSMSS Medical College and Hospi al,
Limbe Jalgoan, Chha apa i Sambhajinaga
Rohini Kadam
Resea ch s uden
Dep . o Lib a y and In o ma ion Science,
D . Babasaheb Ambedka Ma a hwada Uni e si y,
Chha apa i, Sambhajinaga
Abs ac
Open educa ional esou ces (OER) acili a e lea ning
wi hou geog aphical o economic cons ain s,
ca ego ized in o OCW and MOOCs. In India, e-PG
Pa hshala, backed by UGC-INFLIBNET and MHRD,
con ibu es o his ini ia i e h ough a comp ehensi e
e-lea ning pla o m unde he Na ional Mission on
Educa ion h ough ICT (NME-ICT). An assessmen o
e-con en modules e eals ha 62% a e p oduced by
AHSS acul y, while STEMM acul ies con ibu e
38%. The subjec a ea is di ided in o i e disciplines:
Social Sciences, A s, Humani ies and Languages,
Enginee ing, Technology, and Managemen , and
Biological and Heal h Sciences.
Keywo ds
Open Cou sewa e; MOOCs; Open Educa ional
Resou ces; e-PG Pa hshala; e-Con en Module
Elec onic access
The jou nal is a ailable a www.jalis.in
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17293877
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1. In oduc ion
Ad ances in In o ma ion and Communica ion
Technology (ICT) ha e b ough abou emendous
changes in he eaching and lea ning p ocess. Sel -
di ec ed lea ning esou ces in a ious ields a e
inc easing he end owa d sel -s udy. Sel -di ec ed
lea ning p ocesses a e desc ibed as lea ne s' inna e
abili y o manage hei lea ning p ocess, iewing
hemsel es as he sou ce o hei own decisions and
ac ions as esponsible o hei li elong lea ning. (Se-
Yeng and Hussain 2010). Open Educa ional
Resou ces (OERs) ha e p o en hemsel es as
essen ial pla o m o enhancing sel -lea ning by
p o iding s udy ma e ials, cou se no es, and
in e ac i e ideos o ee s udy pu poses om
epu ed ins i u ions and academicians. Among he
ew ecognised OERs, e-PG Pa hshala has had a
massi e impac on he g ow h, p omo ion, and
ad ancemen o e-lea ning in India. I is an e-lea ning
pla o m suppo ed by he Uni e si y G an s
Commission h ough he INFLIBNET Cen e and
unded by MHRD, Go e nmen o India. I ac s as a
ga eway o all pos g adua e-le el cou ses. The e-PG
School de elops e-con en in nea ly 70 subjec s a he
pos g adua e le el, including high-quali y,
cu iculum-based, c oss-disciplina y in e ac i e
con en ac oss social sciences, a s, ine a s and
humani ies, and na u al and ma hema ical sciences.
The p esen s udy a emp s o analyze he s a us o e-
con en modules.
2. Re iew o Li e a u e
OER, Open Cou sewa e (OCW), o Massi e Open
Online Cou ses (MOOCs) in collabo a ion wi h e-
lea ning is no a new a ea o esea ch, al hough he e
is a huge lack o awa eness abou Indian OER
pla o ms such as e-PG Pa hshala. Discussed below
a e some po en ial s udies ha a emp o pain a
pic u e o he s a e o Indian OER and e-lea ning
pla o ms ega ding e-PG schools:
Maha aj (2018), in his pape "S udy on he Role o e-
PG Schools in he De elopmen o e-lea ning",
de ines he meaning o e-lea ning, he objec i es and
bene i s o e-PG schools, and hei s a is ical use o
da a om a ious ields. The s udy includes he a io
o o al isi o s o egis e ed isi o s; S a e-wise
isi o s in India ega ding o al s a e popula ion and
o al highe educa ion en olmen ; Hazam (2016)
p esen ed a SWOT analysis o an e-lea ning pla o m
e-PG Pa hshala. This pape discussed he concep o
open cou sewa e in gene al and speci ically
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elabo a ed on he meaning, pu pose, and objec i es o
e-PG schools in India o e alua e he SWOT
(S eng hs, Weaknesses, Oppo uni ies, and Th ea s)
analysis o e-PG schools. In addi ion, he ole o
lib a ies and in o ma ion cen e s in he elec onic
dis ibu ion o in o ma ion was also men ioned in he
s udy.
3. Objec i es
1. To examine he p esen s a us o e-Con en
in he Indian OER e-PG Pa hshala.
2. To analyze he subjec -wise con ibu ion o
e-con en in e-PG schools.
3. To explo e he con ibu ion o e-con en in
mo e dep h sub-ca ego y le el.
4. To de e mine he s a is ical co ela ion
p esen be ween he numbe o pape s and
uploaded
modules in di e en subjec disciplines.
4. Scope and Limi a ions o S udy
The scope o he s udy ex ends o all 67 subjec
ca ego ies (ac ual numbe = 70, bu da a o h ee
ields a e missing om E-PG s a is ics) o e-PG
schools, which a e mainly di ided in o wo b oad
ca ego ies. STEMM (Science, Technology,
Enginee ing, Medicine, and Managemen ) and AHSS
(A s, Humani ies, and Social Sciences), which a e
u he di ided in o 5 majo subjec ca ego ies. In
addi ion, he s udy es s he exis ence o s a is ical
es s o check he p esence o any co ela ion be ween
pape and module numbe .
E-Tex
Video
Expe s
Quiz
Subjec s
/ Pape s
20000+
19000+
3200+
30000+
70/723
5. Resea ch Me hodology
Da a o he s udy we e collec ed in June 2023 om
he websi e o e-PG Pa hshala
(h p://epgp.in libne .ac.in/) (e-PG Pa hshala, n.d.-b).
Da a mining was pe o med om he aw da a wi h
he use o sp eadshee so wa e o enhanced
isualisa ion. S udies we e sys ema ically ca ego ised
in o b oad o na ow ca ego ies o subjec a eas
co e ed unde E-PG Pa hshala. Ini ially, he da a
we e o ganised in o wo b oad ca ego ies, AHSS and
STEMM, ollowed by 5 majo disciplines: Social
Sciences; A s, Humani ies, and Languages;
Enginee ing, Technology, and Managemen ; Physical
and Basic Sciences; and Bio-medical and Heal h
Sciences; and 67 majo subjec sub-ca ego ies in
subsequen s eps. The subca ego y o majo subjec s
con ibu ed 908 pape s and 25283 modules.
6. Da a Analysis and In e p e a ion
A e he da a collec ion is o e , he aw da a is
analysed by a simple quan i a i e me hod based on
he ele an pa ame e se sui able o in e p e ing he
p esen s udy.
6.1. Con ibu ion o B oad B anches o Subjec
Table 2: B oad B anches o Subjec
B anch
o
Subjec s
No. o
Majo
Subjec s
Ca ego y
No. o
Sub-
Ca ego ies
To al
no. o
Pape s
To al no.
o
uploaded
modules
(%)
AHSS
2
38
538
15553
61.52
STEMM
3
29
371
9730
35.48
To al
5
67
908
25283
100.00
Table 2 shows ha al hough he AHSS b anch co e s
only wo majo subjec ca ego ies, e-PG co e s
61.52% (15553) o he o al modules uploaded in he
school. The STEMM acul y o he subjec co e ed
38.48% (9730) o he uploaded modules wi h 3 majo
subjec ca ego ies. Again, he acul y o AHSS has
also p essed he STEMM acul y o conside he
numbe s.
6.2. Con ibu ion o Majo Subjec Ca ego y
Table 3: Majo Subjec Ca ego y
S .
No.
Majo Subjec Ca ego y
No. o
Sub-Ca ego ies
To al no
o Pape s
To al no o
uploaded modules
(%)
1
Social Sciences
22
319
8791
34.77
2
A s, Humani ies, and Languages
16
218
6782
26.82
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3
Enginee ing, Technology, and
Managemen
10
131
4158
16.45
4
Physical and Basic Sciences
8
112
3845
15.21
5
Bio-Medical and Heal h Sciences
11
128
2627
10.39
To al
67
908
25283
100.00
F om Table 3 abo e, i is obse ed ha among he 5
majo subjec ca ego ies, "Social Sciences" has
con ibu ed he la ges numbe o E-PG colleges wi h
8791 (34.77%). I is ollowed by "A s, Humani ies
and Languages," which con ibu ed 6782 (26.82%).
This was ollowed by “Enginee ing, Technology, and
Managemen ” 4158 (16.45%), “Physical and Basic
Sciences 3845 (15.21%)” and “Bio-Medical and
Heal h Sciences 2627 (10.39%)”. is gi en I is clea
om his ha ou o he op h ee con ibu o s o e-
PG schools, wo a e om AHSS acul y and one om
STEMM acul y.
6.3. Con ibu ion o Sub-Ca ego ies (Indi idual
Subjec s)
Table 4: Sub-Ca ego ies (Indi idual Subjec s)
S .
No.
Subjec
Pape
Modules
%
1
Ho el & Tou ism
Managemen
16
693
2.74
2
Home Science
16
640
2.53
3
Sansk i (MA)
16
460
2.53
4
Compu e Science
17
633
2.5
5
Food and nu i ion
15
602
2.38
6
Human Resou ces
Managemen
16
599
2.37
7
Managemen
15
599
2.37
8
Psychology
16
599
2.37
9
S a is ics
16
595
2.35
10
Hindi
16
592
2.34
11
Economics
15
567
2.24
12
Ma hema ics
16
567
2.24
13
Chemis y
16
565
2.23
14
English
16
560
2.21
15
Fo ensic Science
16
560
2.21
16
As ology-ma hema ics
16
560
2.21
17
Pe o ming A s (
Dance/D ama/D ama)
16
560
2.21
18
Spanish
16
560
2.21
19
An h opology
16
559
2.21
20
Sansk i (g amma
acha ya)
16
534
2.11
21
En i onmen al Science
16
530
2.1
22
Sociology
15
526
2.08
23
Indian cul u e
15
524
2.07
24
Linguis ics
16
493
1.95
25
Social Wo k Educa ion
16
487
1.93
26
Visual A s
14
487
1.93
27
c iminali y
14
482
1.91
28
Comme ce
16
469
1.86
29
Physical science
16
465
1.84
30
Law
16
462
1.83
31
Business Economics
16
457
1.81
32
Japanese
16
453
1.79
33
Biophysics
14
450
1.78
34
Russian s udies
13
436
1.72
35
Women's S udies/Gende
S udy
15
431
1.7
36
Lib a y and in o ma ion
Science
20
395
1.56
37
media and
Communica ion S udies
9
383
1.51
38
Popula ion s udies
14
383
1.51
39
Human igh s and Du ies
10
364
1.44
40
Physics
12
343
1.36
41
Geog aphy
16
337
1.33
42
Philosophy
16
333
1.32
43
Food Technology
14
329
1.3
44
In o ma ion Technology
16
318
1.26
45
U du
11
312
1.23
46
Biochemis y
16
261
1.03
47
Bio echnology
12
261
1.03
48
Analy ical
Chemis y/Ins umen a ion
15
222
0.88
49
poli ical science
7
222
0.88
50
Pha maceu ical Science
12
215
0.85
51
Adul educa ion
8
190
0.75
52
Zoology
16
184
0.73
53
Elec onic Science
15
177
0.7
54
Bo any
7
176
0.7
55
A chi ec u e
6
164
0.65
56
Geology
11
136
0.54
57
Social medicine and
Communi y Heal h
6
111
0.44
58
Educa ion
15
106
0.42
59
Public adminis a ion
15
102
0.4
60
Compa a i e o Religions
S udy
13
77
0.3
61
Buddhis s udies
12
67
0.27
62
Ea h Science
9
49
0.19
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M Planning
2
45
0.18
64
Physical Educa ion, Spo s
and Heal h Educa ion
14
37
0.15
65
Chinese
8
26
0.1
66
Risk / Disas e
Managemen
3
21
0.08
67
Bioin o ma ics
2
1
0
To al
908
25283
100.00
Ac oss i e majo ca ego ies o acul ies, 67
indi idual subjec s ha e con ibu ed o he high-
quali y, syllabus-based, in e ac i e e-con en o e-PG
Pa hshala, wi h 25283 modules om 5 acul ies.
Ho el & Tou ism Managemen 693 (2.74%) has
con ibu ed he mos o his. ollowed by Home
Science con ibu ed 640 (2.53%) modules. A e ha ,
Sansk i (MA) 640 (2.53%), Compu e Science 633
(2.5%), and Food and Nu i ion 602 (2.38%)
con ibu ed signi ican ly, and he con ibu ion o
o he subjec s is shown in he able.
6.4. Con ibu ion o Subjec in Lib a y and
In o ma ion Science
Table 5: Con ibu ion o Subjec in Lib a y and
In o ma ion Science
Sn
Subjec O LIS
Modu
les
%
1
In o ma ion Communica ion
Technology
Fo Lib a ies
39
9.92
2
Public Lib a y
36
9.16
3
In o ma ion Sou ces, Sys ems and
Se ices
35
8.91
4
Knowledge O ganisa ion And
P ocessing:
Ca aloguing
34
8.65
5
Managemen O Lib a y and
In o ma ion
Cen e’s & Amp; Knowledge Cen e s
31
7.89
6
Lib a y Use And Use S udy
31
7.89
7
Digi al Lib a ies
30
7.63
8
Special And Resea ch Lib a ies
28
7.12
9
Knowledge O ganiza ion And
P ocessing:
Classi ica ion
26
6.62
10
Academic Lib a ies
23
5.85
11
In o me ics &Amp; Scien ome ics
19
4.83
12
Knowledge Socie y
17
4.33
13
In o ma ion S o age And Re ie al
15
3.82
14
Social Science In o ma ion Sys ems
15
3.82
15
Media And In o ma ion Li e acy
14
3.56
To al
393
100
Abou 67 subjec s ha e con ibu ed o his da abase.
Among hem, lib a y and in o ma ion science is an
impo an subjec . A o al o 15 pape s and 395
modules a e shown in his subjec bu ac ually, only
393 modules a e a ailable on he E-PG Pa hshala
da abase. Mos o he modules ha e been published
in his pape on In o ma ion Communica ion
Technology o Lib a ies. Since hen, he public
lib a y has been published in his pape . Media and
In o ma ion Li e acy pape s ha e he leas numbe o
modules published.
7. Findings
This s udy analyses he colla ion, abula ion,
o ganisa ion, e alua ion, and dissemina ion o e-
ma e ials accessed by s uden s and esea che s
h ough he e-PG Pa hshala da abase, wi h a ocus on
geog aphy and ela ed subjec a eas.
Key indings include:
• While e-PG Pa hshala claims o co e
app oxima ely 70 subjec a eas (Table 1), in
eali y, i p o ides da a o only 67 subjec s,
indica ing a gap o h ee ields.
• The subjec s a e b oadly classi ied unde
wo majo acul ies: AHSS (A s,
Humani ies, and Social Sciences) and
STEMM (Science, Technology,
Enginee ing, Ma hema ics, and Medicine).
O he o al uploaded modules, AHSS
accoun s o 15,553 modules (61.52%),
whe eas STEMM co e s 9,730 modules
(38.48%) (Table 2).
• These b oad acul ies a e u he ca ego ized
in o i e majo subjec g oups: “Social
Sciences,” “A s, Languages and
Humani ies” (bo h unde AHSS), and
“Enginee ing, Technology and
Managemen ,” “Physical and Basic
Sciences,” and “Bio-Medical and Heal h
Sciences” (unde STEMM).
• O e all, he e a e 67 indi idual subjec s, 908
pape s, and 25,283 modules a ailable on he
pla o m (Table 3).
• Speci ically, in he ield o In o ma ion and
Communica ion Technology o Lib a ies,
al hough 15 pape s and 395 modules a e
lis ed, only 393 modules a e ac ually
accessible in he da abase.
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These indings highligh bo h he ex ensi e scope o
e-PG Pa hshala and he disc epancies be ween
epo ed and ac ual con en a ailabili y.
8. Conclusion
Open Educa ional Resou ces (OER) a e eely
a ailable eaching, lea ning, and esea ch ma e ials in
any medium ha eside in he public domain o a e
sha ed unde open licenses, allowing access, use,
adap a ion, and edis ibu ion. In highe educa ion,
pla o ms like OCW (Open Cou sewa e) and MOOCs
(Massi e Open Online Cou ses) play a key ole in
ad ancing e-lea ning sys ems globally. In India, he
Go e nmen ’s Na ional Mission on Educa ion
h ough ICT (NMEICT) launched E-PG Pa hshala,
p o iding quali y e-con en o s uden s na ionwide.
This pla o m has de eloped o e 25,283 modules
co e ing STEMM (Science, Technology,
Enginee ing, Ma hema ics, Medicine) and AHSS
(A s, Humani ies, Social Sciences). In e es ingly,
module con ibu ions a e almos double o AHSS
compa ed o STEMM. To b idge his gap, mo e
con en in “Enginee ing, Technology &
Managemen ” and “Bio-Medical & Heal h Sciences”
is essen ial. A UGC-de ined cu iculum and p oac i e
e-con en de elopmen can make OER a powe ul
ool o deli e equal, high-quali y educa ion ac oss
India.
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