Ans. The "NIPUN Bharat Digital Initiative," led by the Uttar Pradesh Government, aims to digitally empower educators in schools across the state under the purview of the Basic Education Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh. This initiative seeks to provide educators with tablets as part of a comprehensive Learning Resource Package.

To realize this ambitious goal, a dedicated portal "NIPUN Bharat Digital Initiative Unified Portal", and a Mobile App has been meticulously crafted. This Portal and Mobile App, streamline essential functions, including the management of educator data, the distribution of tablets, scheduling of device allocation, event inspections, and numerous other critical processes.

Ans. Teachers and other educators appointed in the Parishadiya Primary Schools of Uttar Pradesh, those are operational under the purview of Basic Education Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh, are eligible to receive the tablets under the scheme "NIPUN Bharat Digital Initiative". As on 10 October, 2023, it is proposed to distribute tablets to 209863 teachers.

Ans. Educators do not require registering or applying on any portal to avail the scheme benefit. They will be informed about the status by their respective School or Concerned Authority through SMS/Email/Notice/Official Website or any other suitable communication channel. Teachers in certain schools in Uttar Pradesh have already been finalized by the Basic Education Department to receive the tablets under this scheme.

Ans. Anyone can access this portal and website of NBDIUP. Parishadiya Primary Schools of UP/Institutions, Nodal Officers at District, BSA, Block, UPDESCO and other bodies authorized by the Government of Uttar Pradesh or Basic Education Department, GoUP from time to time, will be able to access this portal. Also, the designated persons do not have to get themselves registered on the portal. There logins will be created by the authorized users of Portal after which their Login details will be sent on their registered Mobile No. and Email ID.

Ans. No charges or fee has been imposed by the Department on Teachers/Educators to avail the benefit. This benefit is completely free for the beneficiaries.

Ans. Beneficiaries are advised to regularly visit the official portal of NBDIUP and Official Website of Basic Education Department, UP to keep themselves informed, or they can contact their respective School through effective communication channel for any related information.

For any other inquiries pertaining to technical support, warranty information, service center details, or any other tablet-related information following its distribution, beneficiaries should reach out to the Vidya Samiksha Kendra, Lucknow Helpline at 0522-3538777.

Ans. Schools and Beneficiaries will be informed about the schedule of receiving the Tablet(s) by their respective Basic Shiksha Adhikari. Additionally, they will also be informed about the schedule via SMS & Email.

Ans. Basic Education Department, GoUP or Government of Uttar Pradesh or any other relevant body under its purview which is not authorized to collect the device information, doesn’t fetch any personal information from your device.

Ans. No, we do not track your browser history. In fact, the following personal information are not tracked:

• Calling
• Web Browsing History
• Email
• Text Messages
• Contacts
• Calendar
• Passwords
• Pictures, including what's in the Photos App or Camera
• Files & Phone number
• Apps and data in your personal profile

Ans. The MDM enrolment has been done for the enterprise deployment of the devices. This ensures that enterprise grade security features are available in the device, it prevents device from data loss, phishing and blocks malware. If device gets stolen, it can be remotely locked by the admin when end user reports such device loss. MDM also helps in pushing educational content and career growth related content to the devices directly, though dynamic wallpaper and boot logo, which helps end user to stay updated with the latest government policies.