Telangana govt's e-learning programme receives great response, has 87 pc viewership on DD: Special Chief Secretary

Chitra Ramachandran, Special Chief Secretary for Higher Education, Telangana said that the e-learning program, which was launched by the State government got a great response from students and has 87 percent viewership on the national broadcaster Doordarshan.

Chitra Ramachandran, Special Chief Secretary for Higher Education, Telangana said that the e-learning program, which was launched by the State government got a great response from students and has 87 percent viewership on the national broadcaster Doordarshan. She said that the distance learning program was launched in order to ensure that there are no learning gaps as schools are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic since March.

"The Chief Minister reviewed the situation a month ago and later it was decided to launch a program under which students in government schools will be imparted education through e-learning or distance learning in order to ensure that there are no learning gaps. We got into action and are preparing digital content and graphics to our own teacher and we are ensuring that the quality education is being delivered to students," Ramachandran told ANI. "We were able to start it from first and the response was overwhelming and encouraging. We chose television along with internet platforms for distance learning as it has greater reach. There was 87 percent viewership on Doordarshan and we are even broadcasting through T-SAT which is Telangana's government channel. We are also operating on T-SAT apps," she said.

The Special Chief Secretary said that teachers are being trained for the program. "We are teaching them scriptwriting, how to prepare small video lessons, and how to talk in front of a camera. We have a studio and the digital content is been prepared there. It turned out to be very good quality. We are very proud of that," Ramachandran said.

"We standardized the schedule from Class 6th to 12th. We have a request for voice over and we started teaching the lessons in English and Urdu. We are equipping our teachers and they are being very well trained since March," she said. "Everything was planned in detail. We are happy to say that it is a huge success and we have been able to realize the chief minister's vision."

She said that the program will be continued even if the school opens. "We will continue with the process. Once the government decides to open school, then this will be an added feather. These lessons are available on YouTube, T-SAT apps," she said.

She said that there will be an assignment-based assessment of the students and the plan will be put in place very soon. She asserted that digital content goes through detailed scrutiny.

Taking to Twitter, Shashi S Vempati, chief executive officer (CEO), Prasar Bharati said that indicators show strong viewership on DD Yadagiri Telangana for teleclasses past couple of days since they started. "Leading indicators show strong viewership on DD Yadagiri Telangana for teleclasses past couple of days since they started," Vempati tweeted.