The Delhi
Government is seeking 3-hours of daily on Air time on Doordarshan and All India
Radio to broadcast classes to conduct classes for the students during the
COVID-19 lockdown. The officials believe that resuming normal school activities
after ease in lockdown restrictions will take some time and reaching students
thorough Doordarshan (DD) and All India Radio (AIR) is the easiest and best
way.
"We
have approached the Centre and sought three hours of daily broadcast time on
both Doordarshan and All India Radio to broadcast classes for students till the
time schools reopen. We have sought separate slots for elementary, secondary
and senior secondary classes," a senior official of the Directorate of
Education (DoE) said.
Schools
across the country have been closed since March 16 in order to contain the
COVID-19 breakout.
"We are
using the online medium and collaborating with the best organizations in the
education domain to conduct online classes for our students. If you grant us
the slots, we will have our teachers on board to conduct the classes and air as
per our lesson plan," the official said.
The Delhi
government is conducting the classes through various online platforms. However,
according to the statistics only 68 percent of the students have access to the
smartphones at home.
Doordarshan
kendras in Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Gujarat,
and Jammu and Kashmir are broadcasting virtual classes.
All India
radio stations in Vijaywada, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Tiruchirapalli, Coimbatore,
Puducherry, Madurai, Trivandrum, Tirunelveli, Panaji, Jalgaon, Ratnagiri,
Sangli, Parbhani, Aurangabad, Pune, Nagpur, Mumbai, Gangtok, Guwahati, Bikaner,
Udaipur, Jodhpur and Jaipur are also broadcasting virtual classes.
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