Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment launches online portal TAPAS to offer MOOC courses

TAPAS will offer five basic courses on Drug (Substance) Abuse Prevention, Geriatric/Elderly Care, Care and Management of Dementia, Transgender Issues and the comprehensive course on Social Defence Issues.

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has come up with an online portal Training for Augmenting Productivity and Services (TAPAS). The online portal has been launched to offer massive open online courses (MOOC). TAPAS has been developed by the National Institute of Social Defence (NISD). TAPAS will offer five basic courses on Drug (Substance) Abuse Prevention, Geriatric/Elderly Care, Care and Management of Dementia, Transgender Issues and the comprehensive course on Social Defence Issues.

While congratulating the NISD team for the initiative, Union Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Virendra Kumar said that the online medium of learning will help the Ministry to reach out to a larger number of people who are working in the field of social defence. 

The minister also urged everyone to enroll in the course for a better understanding of issues such as substance abuse prevention, elderly care, transgender welfare and beggary prevention.

“Everyone working in the field of social defense is encouraged to enroll for the course. It is an online course and one can utilise this facility to its full potential,” Virendra Kumar said.

TAPAS will 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, a Government statement said.

The main objective of introducing the course modules, the statement added, is to impart training and enhance the knowledge and skills for the capacity building of the participants. It can be taken up by anyone who wishes to enhance his or her knowledge on the topics and there is no fee for joining.

“In our education system, where the offline mode of teaching is so deeply entrenched, this course will lead the path of change and open up new possibilities. There is no dearth of respect and regard for our age-old guru-shishyaparampara, but there’s no reason why it can’t be transited to the online medium. Hence, let us embark on this new journey and increase our horizon when it comes to learning and gaining knowledge,” Dr. Kumar further added.

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