DIKSHA vs ePathshala
DIKSHA
diksha.gov.inePathshala
epathshala.nic.inSide by side
| Figure | DIKSHA | ePathshala |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 1 | 1 |
| Spec score · Digital Textbook Platforms | 9.0 (#1) | 8.8 (#4) |
| Accessibility | DIKSHA provides audio books, Indian Sign Language videos, and a dictionary for children with special needs. | NCERT converted many books to Unicode to support text-to-speech and online search, including all 126 Urdu-medium books reported in 2021–22. |
| Founded | 2017 | 2015 |
| Headquarters | New Delhi, India | New Delhi, India |
| Languages | The official FAQ lists English plus 11 Indian languages for creating and viewing content. | Official pages list Hindi, English and Urdu resources, while a government release also lists Sanskrit. |
| Launch | DIKSHA was launched in 2017 by Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu. | ePathshala web and mobile applications were launched in November 2015. |
| Limit: reliability | Recent App Store reviewers report slow loading, crashes, missing data, unsaved progress and network errors even with stable connectivity. | Independent review summaries repeatedly report crashes, server errors, slow loading and problems opening the app. |
| Privacy | The privacy policy says DIKSHA does not store users’ IP addresses after using them to suggest a state and district. | The privacy policy says the app may require personally identifiable information and uses third-party services that may collect identifying information, including Google Play Services. |
| Purpose | DIKSHA is a national platform for school education and an initiative of NCERT under India’s Ministry of Education. | ePathshala is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Education and NCERT for showcasing and sharing educational resources. |
| Rating on Apple App Store | 2.8 out of 5 from 549 ratings | 2.8 out of 5 from 468 ratings |
| Rating on Google Play | 4.3 out of 5 from 450,000 reviews | 4.1 out of 5 from about 43,600 reviews |
| Self-hosting | The official open-source page provides a setup path for running a DIKSHA instance and points users to the Sunbird community. | Official pages identify the portal as hosted by India's National Informatics Centre and provide no self-hosting package. |
| What it does | DIKSHA is India's national digital platform for school education, serving students, teachers and parents with curriculum-linked resources. | ePathshala distributes NCERT digital textbooks and other educational resources for students, teachers, parents, educators and researchers. |
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In their own words
DIKSHA
DIKSHA is a national school-education platform and an NCERT initiative under India’s Ministry of Education. It provides curriculum-related resources for teachers, students and parents, including textbooks, videos, interactive material and courses. Browse content by subject, education stage, board or grade, or use the mobile app to scan textbook QR codes and open linked lessons and resources. The platform supports 36 Indian languages and teacher-development programs, including NISHTHA courses. Accessibility resources include audio books, Indian Sign Language videos and a dictionary for children with special needs. DIKSHA is available on Android, iOS and the web, with Android 5.1 and above listed as the mobile requirement. Offline access and annotation tools are listed. The site says it is built with Sunbird, MIT-licensed open-source technology. Its privacy policy describes data storage on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure servers in India and says IP addresses are not retained after use to suggest a state and district. A Windows and Ubuntu desktop app for offline downloaded material is marked “COMING SOON!”.
ePathshala
ePathshala is a free education portal and set of mobile apps from a joint initiative of the Ministry of Education and NCERT. It shares audio, video, ePub books, flipbooks, periodicals, and other digital resources with students, teachers, educators, and parents. On phones and tablets, the app provides eBooks as ePub; on laptops and desktops, the web portal presents them as flipbooks. Readers can select and zoom text, bookmark, highlight, navigate, share, and add digital notes. Text-to-speech is available through TTS apps, and offline access is supported. QR codes in textbook chapters link to related audio, video, multimedia, and text materials; users can also enter a code on the website to locate resources. The home page lists resources in Hindi, English, and Urdu. The service is available on Android, iOS, Windows, and the web. Its privacy policy says the app may require personally identifiable information and use third-party services that collect identifying information, including Google Play Services. The policy also says the service does not address children under 13 and does not knowingly collect their personal information.