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» News > Education > Govt tunes in to FM for teaching in remote areas
For the first time, India will use FM radio for teaching. Along with 336 entertainment channels for 90 cities tenders for which are to be floated shortly the government plans 87 FM channels which will be used exclusively to teach students in remote areas of the country.
Sources said the Centre would soon issue notifications for these channels. Of these, 36 would be used by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) to reply to queries and organise on-air classrooms. IGNOU, which has been using All India Radio (AIR) for some courses, will now use radio on a much larger scale. It proposes to broadcast lessons as part of an organised schedule for a large number of students simultaneously, sources said. The other channels would be open to private players.
A senior official said various developed countries had used this medium in to air educational programmes for both children and adults.
The government, which estimates to generate revenue to the tune of Rs 175 crore by selling licences for the FM channels, will now concentrate on broadening the scope of radio in the country. This is a medium which has been underutilised. While it is a powerful medium, it is also capable of generating a lot of revenue , asserts a senior official.
The tender draft for the new FM channels is at present pending with the Law Ministry.
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