Context
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Recently, the Union Minister for Social Justice & Empowerment has launched TAPAS Portal.
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TAPAS stands for Training for Augmenting Productivity and Services.
About TAPAS Portal
- TAPAS is the initiative of National Institute of Social Defence (NISD).
- TAPAS is a standard MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) platform with course material such as filmed lectures and e-study material.
- It also includes discussion forums to support and encourage interactions among students and course coordinators.
- The five basic courses are on Drug (Substance) Abuse Prevention, Geriatric/Elderly Care, Care and Management of Dementia, Transgender Issues and on comprehensive course on Social Defence Issues.
- The TAPAS portal is developed by the National Institute of Social Defence, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
- The idea of TAPAS was conceptualized at a time when exploring the online medium for work and education had become imperative due to the outbreak of Covid 19 pandemic.
Objectives of TAPAS Portal
- Its primary objective is to impart training and enhance the knowledge and skills for the capacity building of the participants.
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It seeks to provide access to lectures by subject experts, study material and more, but in a manner that it supplements the physical classroom without compromising on the quality of teaching.
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