Prasar Bharati signs MoU with the IT Ministry to bring quality educational programmes.

New Delhi, November 05: Taking a landmark step aiming to bring quality educational programmes to every household, India’s public broadcaster Prasar Bharati inked MoU with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to launch 51 direct-to-home (DTH) education TV channels.

 

 

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Prasar Bharati and Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-Informatics under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

 

"Under the ambit of this MoU, 51 DTH education TV channels comprising Swaymprabha (22 channels) (M/o Education), e-Vidya for classes 1 to 12 (12 channels) of NCERT, Vande Gujarat (Govt. of Gujarat) (16 channels) and DigiShala under M/o Electronics and IT (1 channel) shall be available as DD co-branded channels to all DD FreeDish viewers. This move aims to bring quality educational programmes to every household, including those in rural and remote areas,” it said.

 

 

 

 

According to the Ministry, it is a pioneering step toward bringing quality educational programs to every household & realising the vision of the government’s flagship initiative for skill development.

 

These 52 channels will focus on providing educational programmes. These programmes will be available throughout the day in rural and remote regions, and for all viewers, free-of-cost. The MOU is signed in line with the Government’s commitment towards skill development and providing quality education to the last person in the country.

 

This initiative will go a long way toward achieving the Government’s goal of providing education to all.