DD and AIR’s educational broadcasts will prepare students for engineering and medical entrances
Apr 17, 2020, 10:57 IST
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- Doordarshan and All India Radio (AIR), in collaboration with state governments, are set to broadcast educational videos and content.
- Virtual classes will be aired across platforms including TV, YouTube and radio.
- The initiative will benefit students in 10th and 12th grades prepare for competitive exams — including engineering and medical entrances.
- DD is broadcasting the virtual classes in Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Jammu and Kashmir and Gujarat so far — for approximately 2.5 hours daily.
- Here are all the education programmes broadcasted on DD.
To facilitate it, public broadcasters Dordarshan and All India Radio (AIR), in collaboration with state governments, are set to broadcast educational videos and content for the learning continuity.
The virtual classes will be aired across platforms including TV, YouTube and radio. While the initiative will rope in all students across primary, secondary and high school levels, it will especially benefit students in 10th and 12th grades to prepare for competitive exams — including engineering and medical entrances.
For a blended learning experience, some states will also offer education in the form of storytelling and quizzes.
“The total number of hours of daily content across DD Network is 17 hours and 11 hours across All India Radio network daily,” said the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in an official release.
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DD is broadcasting these virtual classes in Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Jammu and Kashmir and Gujarat so far — for approximately 2.5 hours daily.
While AIR is telecasting 30 minutes virtual sessions across Vijayawada, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Tiruchirapalli, Coimbatore, Puducherry, Madurai, Trivandrum, Tirunelveli, Panaji, Jalgaon, Ratnagiri, Sangli, Parbhani, Aurangabad, Pune, Nagpur, Mumbai, Gangtok, Guwahati, Bikaner, Udaipur, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Bhopal, Chennai, Kozhikode and Thrissur.
Here is a list of all the education programmes on DD
| Name of the Station | Programme details | Frequency | Duration | Associated Educational Institute |
| Bengaluru | Physics, Chemistry and Maths Classes for 12th students and common engineering tests | Daily | 3 hours | |
| Vijayawada | Curriculum classes for 10th and 12th standard students | Daily | 2 hours | State secondary education department |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Curriculum classes for 10th and 12th standard students | Daily | 1 hour | Directorate of School Education |
| Hyderabad | Curriculum classes for 10th and 12th standard students | Daily | 2 hours | State secondary education department |
| Ahmedabad | Curriculum based classes for Primary, Middle and High School level students | Daily | 2 hours | Gujarat Institute of Educational Technology, Government of Gujarat |
| Chennai | School Leaving Certificate subjects and model question papers for 10th standard students | Daily | 1 hour | Tamil Nadu Education Department |
| Trivandrum | School Leaving Certificate subjects for 12th standard students. Quiz show | Daily Weekends | 3 hours | State Institute of Educational Technology |
| Panaji | Quiz show | Weekly | 30 mins | In-house |
| Jalandhar | In process. To begin soon | |||
| Lucknow | In process. To begin soon | |||
| Varanasi | Basic education officials are approaching for telecast. Waiting for their proposal. | |||
| Shimla | Received the proposal from Directorate of Education and will start at the earliest. | |||
| Patna | DD Bihar has approached State Education department in this regard |
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