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Government of India
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
16-April-2020 22:02 IST
DD and AIR broadcast Educational content/Virtual Classes

India's Public Broadcaster has been helping students with their studies amidst ongoing lockdown. In collaboration with various State Government institutions, Doordarshan and All India Radio are broadcasting virtual classes and other educational content through their regional channels across the country on TV, Radio and YouTube.

In the absence of school classes, these virtual classes are helping Lakhs of students, especially the 10th and 12th standard students in preparation for their board and competitive examinations.  

Content

The virtual learning through DD and AIR include Curriculum based classes for Primary, Middle and High School level students. Secondary School Leaving Certificate subjects and model question papers for 10th standard students are also being made available in some states. Many of these classes also help students prepare for their Engineering and Medical Entrance Examinations.

To keep the learning interesting, apart from the curriculum content, virtual classes in few states include story telling by eminent personalities and Quiz shows.  

With an aim of inculcating discipline in students sitting at home, most of these classes start early morning and few are repeated in the afternoon.

Doordarshan

The Kendras that are already broadcasting virtual classes are Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir..

All India Radio

Stations broadcasting virtual classes are Vijaywada, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Tiruchirapalli, Coimbatire, Puducherry, Madurai, Trivendrum, Tirunelveli, Panaji, Jalgaon, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Parbhani, Aurangabad, Pune, Nagpur, Mumbai, Gangtok, Guwahati, Bikaner, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Jaipur.

The Stations broadcasting educational content are Bhopal, Chennai, Kozhikode, Thrissur.  

On an average, any DD Channel is airing 2.5 hours of educational content daily and any All India Radio channel is airing 30 minutes of educational content daily.

 

Also, total number of hours of daily content across DD Network is 17 hours and 11 hours across All India Radio network daily.

 

Detailed list of such educational programs is as below:

 

Details of Educational Programmes being broadcast by DD Kendras

Sr. No

Name of the Station

Programme details

Frequency

Duration

Associated Educational Institute

1

Bengaluru

 

 

Physics, Chemistry and Maths Classes for 12th students and common engineering tests

Daily

3 hours

 

2

Vijaywada

 

 

Curriculum classes for 10th and 12th standard students

Daily

2 hours

State secondary education department

3

Jammu & Kashmir

Curriculum classes for 10th and 12th standard students

Daily

1 hour

Directorate of School Education

4

Hyderabad

Curriculum classes for 10th and 12th standard students

Daily

2 hours

State secondary education department

5

Ahmedabad

Curriculum based classes for Primary, Middle and High School level students

Daily

2 hours

Gujarat Institute of Educational Technology, Government of Gujarat

6

Chennai

School Leaving Certificate subjects and model question papers for 10th standard students

Daily

1 hour

Tamil Nadu Education Department

7

Trivemdrum

School Leaving Certificate subjects for 12th standard students.

 

Quiz show

Daily

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekends

3 hours

State Institute of Educational Technology

8

Panaji

Quiz show

Weekly

30 mins

In-house

9

Jalandhar

 

 

 

In process. To begin soon

10

Lucknow

 

 

 

In process. To begin soon

11

Varanasi

 

 

 

Basic education officials are approaching for telecast. Waiting for their proposal.

 

12

Shimla

 

 

 

Received the proposal from Directorate of Education and will start at the earliest.

 

13

Patna

 

 

 

DD Bihar has approached State Education department in this regard

 

 

Details of Educational Programmes being broadcast by AIR Stations

Sr. No

Name of the Station

Programme details

Frequency

Duration

Associated Educational Institute

1

AIR Bhopal

Radio School

(Story telling by eminent personalities)

6 days a week

60min.

Rajya Shiksha Kendra, Bhopal

2

AIR Hyderabad

Dr. B R Ambedkar open university educational Programme

Daily

15min

Dr. B R Ambedkar open university,

Hyderabad

3

AIR Vijaywada

Vindam Nerchukundam

Monday to Friday

30min

Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan- Andhra Pradesh Govt.

4

AIR Chennai

X STANDARD (origination of Programme by AIR Chennai for all AIR Stations in Tamilnadu & Pudecherry Region

On all Sundays @ 2:30pm

15min

 

5

AIR Thiruvananthapuram

 

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

14min

No association with any educational institute at present

6

AIR Kozhikode

 

Monday

14min

No association with any educational institute at present

7

AIR Thrissu

 

Tuesday

14min

No association with any educational institute at present

8

AIR Jaipur,

AIR Jodhpur,

AIR Bikaner,

AIR Udaipur

Vidyalaya Prasaran,

 80 Books lessons,

28 examination lessons, 60 Gair Patyakrim lesson

On every School working day (From July to March)

20min

Rajasthan Rajya Shaikshik Anusandhan evam Prashikshan Parishad Udaipur,

Rajasthan

9

AIR Guwahati

Viswa -Vidya

Every Monday,

Wednesday, Friday

15min

In collaboration with state council for education reaserch & training & SSA

10

AIR Leh

 

 

60min in the morning (as per the proposal)

Office of the Chief Education Officer, Leh

13

AIR Srinagar

4 lectures a day

 

30min

Directorate of school Education

14

AIR Gangtok

 

Classes will start from 16th April’20 onwards,

(Monday to Saturday)

60min

Education department of Sikkim Govt.

16

AIR Mumbai

Khula Akash

During School days

25min

 

17

AIR Pune

Khula Akash

During School days

25min

 

18

AIR Nagpur

Khula Akash

During School days

25min

 

19

AIR Aurangabad

Khula Akash

During School days

25min

 

20

AIR Parbhani

Khula Akash

During School days

25min

 

21

AIR Sangli

Khula Akash

During School days

25min

 

22

AIR Ratnagiri

Khula Akash

During School days

25min

 

23

AIR Jalgaon

Khula Akash

During School days

25min

 

24

AIR Panaji

Khula Akash

During School days

25min

 

27

AIR Tiruchirappalli

XII STANDARD (origination of Programme by Other AIR Stations except Chennai on rotational basis in Tamilnadu & Pudecherry Region

On all Saturdays at 11.40 AM

 

 

28

AIRCoimbatore

XII STANDARD (origination of Programme by Other AIR Stations except Chennai on rotational basis in Tamilnadu & Pudecherry Region

On all Saturdays at 11.40 AM

 

 

29

AIR Madurai

XII STANDARD (origination of Programme by Other AIR Stations except Chennai on rotational basis in Tamilnadu & Pudecherry Region

On all Saturdays at 11.40 AM

 

 

30

AIR Tirunelveli

XII STANDARD (origination of Programme by Other AIR Stations except Chennai on rotational basis in Tamilnadu & Pudecherry Region

On all Saturdays at 11.40 AM

 

 

 

 

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