Education Ministry releases Sanskrit Dictionary and Career Counsellor Apps on 5 Years of NEP

Five years after the National Education Policy (NEP) was put into practice, the Education Ministry has released two new digital platforms — Sanskrit Dictionary App and Career Counsellor App — in an effort to empower students and bolster India's education system.

The Sanskrit Dictionary App is an innovative attempt to revive and spread Sanskrit, a highly ancient language that forms the basis of the majority of Indian literature and intellectual discourse. With its accessibility, the app presents a vast vocabulary of Sanskrit words, meaning, grammatical usage, and contextual usage. Students, linguistics activists, and researchers are now able to enjoy this rich philological heritage in the palm of their hands.

"Far from being a dictionary, the app is a gateway to India's intellectual and cultural heritage," averred a Ministry official. The app would be beneficial for school-going students, college students, as well as research scholars who do classical and linguistic research.

The launch of the job Adviser App, an online advice tool that provides students with personalized job recommendations based on their major, interest, and skill set, is also noteworthy.  The app uses algorithms driven by artificial intelligence to recommend professional streams, vocations, and courses.

Students of today have a huge load in deciding on a career. The Career Adviser App was meant to guide them with genuine, individualized advice," the Ministry said.

All these initiatives are part of the overall dreams of the NEP — improving education to be more holistic, adaptive, and attuned to the demands of the 21st century. By adopting technology, the Ministry aims to give all students, regardless of their socio-economic background, access to good learning material.

The professionals have welcomed the initiative with open arms, and they aver that such apps can democratize learning and enable more informed decision-making. As India becomes a knowledge economy, these efforts are a step towards bringing in multilingualism, employability, and lifelong learning.

The two apps are downloadable today, representing an era when tradition is married to technology to bring in India's learners.