massive and growing gap between supply of education .
Education is the third Reith an ideal
of public broadcasting, and hence the responsibility of state-funded television for purpose of distant education in India of no means relevant So this responsibility was undertaken Gyandarshan channel came in 2000 247 dedicated education TV channel
Ministry of Human Resource
Development, Information and Broadcasting, the Prasar Bharti and IGNOU launched Gyan Darshan jointly on 26th January 2000
Joint venture of Doordarshan and
IGNOU
IGNOU transmits programs from its
Electronic Media Production Centre at New Delhi Programs for primary schools, secondary schools, open school, teachers enrichment education, open and distance 115 learning, vocational courses, courses for disadvantaged sections of the society
include career guidance, computer
education, preparation for competitive exams, edutainment, arts, culture, tourism and other developmental themes
The channel also telecasts educational
current affairs program Contributing organizations for this channel are IGNOU, UGC, NCERT, IIT, Different Ministries, and Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan etc
Startedout as a two-hour daily test
transmission channel for students of open and conventional universities
Withinone year of its launching, 26th
January 2001, the channel had become non-stop daily twenty-four hours transmission channel for educational programmes 23 hours of indigenous programmes sourced from partner institutions and one hour of foreign programmes
Gyan Darshan had made its presence felt in
all open universities and most of the prominent conventional universities, schools, it had potential to reach to the doorsteps of learners through cable television network Gyan Darshan - 1 Main Gyandarshan channel. Launched with an initial four hours transmissions is today, free to air, round the clock TV channel, reaching out to millions of viewers across the subcontinent The Channel is today, Kaleidoscope It programmers include the country 'wide classroom produced by CET,UGC Tecnovion produced by IITS and Bhasha Mandakini On September 5 2003 Gyan Darshan - 2
Serves to distance learners through real
time interactive programs
Gyandarshan-2 and TDCC [Training
Development Communication Channel]are one way video and two-way audio satellite- based interactive system. Gyan DarshanIII (Eklavya), offers programs for vocational and technical education
GDIV (Vayas), serves to higher education
sector
Plans are afoot to launch Gyan DarshanV
channel which will be dedicated exclusively to the program on science, technology and sustainable development Television can be and has been effectively used for the purpose of education
Gyan Darshan which is very helpful for
good eduction and higher edcation Mount Carmel College of Teacher Education for Women Kottayam