The SWAYAM exams for the year 2018 are scheduled for the month of December. According to an official notice available on the official website of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), the exams will be held on December 1 and 2, 2018. Students who have enrolled for the Swayam courses can now register for the exams. The last date of closing the registrations is October 29, 2018.
Courses delivered through Swayam are available for free of cost but students who want the certification in the course are required to register for the exam and pay a little fee for the same.
The online education platform has been designed indigenously MHRD and All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) with the help of Microsoft and is capable of hosting 2000 courses and 8000 hours of learning. The courses available on SWAYAM cover school, undergraduate, postgraduate, engineering, law and other professional courses.
At the end of the exam, students are assessed through proctored examination and marks/grades secured by the candidates are transferred to the academic record of the students.
Steps to apply for the exams
- Visit the Swayam portal -- swayam.gov.in and click on the button ‘Apply for exam’
- Fill in the details asked and click on next button
- Select the exam location and time slot
- Proceed to the payment
- Pay the fee online
Courses hosted on the platform are available 24x365 days and can be accessed with the help of the internet from anywhere in the world.