DD and AIR broadcast Educational content/Virtual Classes

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 10^th 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 10^th 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.

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 12^th students and common engineering tests	Daily	3 hours
2	Vijaywada	Curriculum classes for 10^th and 12^th standard students	Daily	2 hours	State secondary education department
3	Jammu & Kashmir	Curriculum classes for 10^th and 12^th standard students	Daily	1 hour	Directorate of School Education
4	Hyderabad	Curriculum classes for 10^th and 12^th 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 10^th standard students	Daily	1 hour	Tamil Nadu Education Department
7	Trivemdrum	School Leaving Certificate subjects for 12^th 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 16^th 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