New Delhi: 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 |
