The Goa State Council for Educational Research and Training (GSCERT) has begun converting newly introduced NEP-aligned textbooks for Grades I to VIII across all subjects into teacher-led video lessons, with filming under way and content set for upload on DIKSHA, India’s national school digital platform, as a classroom supplement.
According to a Times of India report on 6 November 2026, GSCERT has added two recording studios and will also use two studios of the Directorate of Higher Education, taking the State’s filming capacity to four studios for the Goa DIKSHA textbook videos drive.
How Goa DIKSHA textbook videos will support classrooms
The videos are being designed as teacher-led lessons that teachers and students can use as reference material and classroom supplements. They are not intended to replace textbooks or face-to-face teaching. Once ready, the lessons will be uploaded to DIKSHA, the national school digital platform of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), which was launched in 2017.
GSCERT director Meghana Shetgaonkar said the State has this year completed introducing new NEP textbooks for Grades I to VIII, with revised content and local topics. Earlier Goa Board online material during the pandemic covered only part of the syllabus; the current digitisation push aims to close those access gaps, with central government funds available for the work.
Studios, higher education videos and NEP outreach
Filming has already started. Beyond GSCERT’s two new studios, the Directorate of Higher Education’s two studios will also be used. Separately, the higher education directorate has already produced syllabus videos for the post-Covid curriculum, showing Goa’s wider shift toward structured digital learning assets.
In September, GSCERT also held taluka-level interactions on the National Education Policy with school heads, teachers and parent-teacher associations, including discussions on assessment pattern changes. That outreach sits alongside the textbook digitisation work as part of Goa’s NEP rollout.
Why it matters for digital learning in schools
Putting NEP textbook content on DIKSHA strengthens a national channel that already underpins India’s school digital learning ecosystem. Related national and State efforts include how DIKSHA continues to strengthen India’s digital learning ecosystem and how NCERT has aligned syllabus and textbooks with NEP 2020.
States are pairing curriculum reform with classroom technology at scale. Recent examples include West Bengal’s ICT and coding push in schools, Marathwada model schools adding smart classrooms, and Tamil Nadu SCERT’s AI training for government school teachers. Goa’s Grades I–VIII video lessons extend that pattern by digitising the core textbook layer for everyday classroom use.
Key takeaways
- GSCERT has started filming teacher-led video lessons from new NEP textbooks for Grades I–VIII (all subjects)
- Four studios will be used—two new GSCERT studios plus two from the Directorate of Higher Education
- Videos will upload to DIKSHA as classroom supplements; GSCERT says access gaps from earlier partial online content will be addressed
FAQ
What are Goa DIKSHA textbook videos?
They are teacher-led video lessons based on newly introduced NEP-aligned textbooks for Grades I to VIII. GSCERT is producing them for upload on DIKSHA as reference and classroom supplement material.
Will the videos replace textbooks in Goa schools?
No. Officials have framed the videos as supplements and reference resources for classroom teaching, not as a replacement for textbooks or teachers.
Who is leading the Goa textbook digitisation drive?
The Goa State Council for Educational Research and Training (GSCERT), directed by Meghana Shetgaonkar, is leading the filming and DIKSHA upload plan, with studio support from the Directorate of Higher Education.
Featured image: Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu launching the DIKSHA national teachers portal on Teachers’ Day in New Delhi. Photo: Vice President’s Secretariat / Press Information Bureau via Wikimedia Commons (GODL-India)
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