DD and AIR’s educational broadcasts will prepare students for engineering and medical entrances

• 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.
  

The nationwide lockdown has completely altered the academic calendar for students. They are now shifting to online learning options.

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.

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

See also:
NCERT develops alternative academic calendar to engage school students during lockdown