A 24x7 dedicated education TV channel will be rolled out soon. The human resources development ministry plans to launch an exclusive channel (on Gyan Darshan) which will beam programmes on formal education and adult literacy.

National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) and National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) have submitted a proposal for launching 24X7 television channel to cater to the needs of school education and adult literary.

The details are as under:

(i) Upgradation of equipment
(ii) Establishing production facilities (studio and communication link with the earth station)
(iii) Augmenting manpower requirement
(iv) Development of e-content
(v) Mapping of programme available with other agencies (Private, NGO and other government agencies)

The Central Institute of Educational Technology, National Council of Educational Research and Training, New Delhi and the National Institute of Open Schooling, NOIDA, Uttar Pradesh will be the lead partners. The Department of Adult Education and its sister agencies in the States, State Institutes of Educational Technology, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sanghatan, Novodaya Vidyalaya Samiti and other educational agencies in the Centre and the States will be invited to participate and contribute.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Human Resource Development Dr. D. Purandeswari, in a written reply to a question, in the Lok Sabha today.

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The proposal for the school education channel was first placed before Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on August 16 last year. It is also on the agenda of the State Education Ministers’ meeting scheduled for January 17, to invite collaboration on the project.

Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on August 16 last year. It is also on the agenda of the State Education Ministers’ meeting scheduled for January 17, to invite collaboration on the project.

Besides the NCERT, the Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) and the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) are also working on developing content for the channel.

It has been decided that while the NCERT will be the nodal agency, NIOS will be the collaborating agency. The Electronic Media Production Centre at IGNOU will be responsible for uplinking programmes received from CIET, NCERT and through its Earth station.

Many other agencies like the Films Division, Doordarshan, Vigyan Prasar, SIETs (State Institutes of Educational Technology), Adult Literacy Department and State SSA departments will also be invited to collaborate in content development.

The CIET and NIOS have proposed an estimated expenditure of Rs 6.3 crore and non-recurring expenditure of about Rs 86 lakh for making the channel operational.

Courtesy: PIB.NIC.IN