Prasar Bharati and Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-Informatics, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) have signed an agreement today to make 51 direct-to-home (DTH) Education TV channels. The new 51 DTH education TV channels will be available as DD co-branded channels to all DD FreeDish viewers.
These educational channels seek to provide quality educational programmes, including to those in rural and remote areas. The Prasar Bharati and MEITY's services will be available free of cost for all the viewers.
Prasar Bharati, the public broadcaster of India, took to the microblogging site, Twitter, to announce this development. It said: “Prasar Bharati signed an MoU with Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-Informatics, Ministry of Electronics and IT today, making 51 DTH Education TV channels available as DD co-branded channels to all DD FreeDish viewers.”
“This is to bring quality educational programmes to every household, including those in rural and remote areas. The services will be available free of cost for all the viewers 24x7.” it further added.
This is to bring quality educational programmes to every household, including those in rural and remote areas. The services will be available free of cost for all the viewers 24x7. https://t.co/4zZLoSqvKG
— Prasar Bharati (@prasarbharati) November 4, 2020
Under the ambit of this agreement, a Government statement said, "51 DTH education TV channels comprising Swayamprabha (22 channels) (M/o Education), e-Vidya for Classes 1 to 12 (12 channels) of NCERT, Vande Gujarat (Government 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".
The services will be available free of cost for all the viewers 24x7, in line with the government's commitment towards skill development and providing quality education to the last person in the country, it said. "This government initiative will go a long way in achieving the Government's goal of providing education to all,” the statement added.
