GYANDARSHAN & VICTERS.

GYANDARSHAN & VICTERS.

The Education Department has been able to reach IT-enabled to 54,000 teachers & 25 lakh student through the Edusat. One of the major responsibilities of the department is making IT-enabled teaching & learning of different subjects a reality in all sectors of education. The department will focus on setting up district-level resources centre aid the spread of IT-enabled education in the state.

                                                The Edusat based educational channels would also be used to expose the children of Kerala to educational & cultural values. India’s epoch making first broad band network on EDUSAT for schools, “VICTERS” inaugurated by A.P.J.Abdul kalam the president of India on 28^th July 2005 in Thiruvanathapuram. Indian DD Gyandarshan is an educational television channel that relays programmes from various Doordarshan Kendras in different languages. The channel is organized & administered by NCERT, IGNOU & The National Institute of Open Schools. IGNOU, Ministry of Human Resources Development & Prasar Bharti started the channel in January 2000.

GYANDARSHAN

Ø Gyandarshan was born n January 26, 2000. It is a bouquet of six channels. In essence, it is a co-operative venture with the Indira Gandhi National Open University as a nodal agency for coordinating the activities & up-linking the educational content.

Ø The programmes are mix blend of core curriculum based programmes in the areas of primary, secondary, higher, open & distance education, extension, technical & vocational education along with general mosaic programmes in areas of health, hygiene, arts, culture, environment, conservation, science popularization etc.

Ø There are state wide initiatives such as the SAPNET (Society for Andhra Pradesh Network) in Andhra Pradesh & the University of Goa.

Ø SAPNET is a major communication infrastructure initiative of the department of IT & C, Government of Andhra Pradesh. SAPNET is mandated to run 5 television channels (under the name MANA TV) & one data channel.

Ø The programmes are telecast on Gyandarshan from 6am to midnight & also on DD1 & DD2.

Ø One of the most popular programmes of the channel is Nitter, which is an educational program that keeps pace with the improvement in the areas of technology hosted by National Institute of Technical teachers training & research.

Other Programmes

·       Bhasha mandakini

·       NCERT/ CIET

·       North East Kaleidoscope

·       Women’s Empowerment

·       Adult Education

·       BROU

·       IGNOU-SOSS

·       IGNOU-SOCIS

·       IGNOU-Urdu programme

·       IIT

VICTERS

VICITERS (Virtual Classroom Technology on Edusat for Rural Schools).

Ø VICTERS is India’s first epoch making broadband network on EDUSAT for schools. It was inaugurated on 28^th July 2005, has a revolutionized classrooms through interactive IP based technology.

Ø Kerala has demonstrated how EDUSAT could be used to successfully empower teachers. The scheme which is being executed by IT @ school project of Government of Kerala, It is mainly intended to meet the demand for an interactive satellite based Distance Education System for the country.

Ø VICTERS offers interactive virtual classrooms that enable the school students as well as the teachers to directly communicate with the subject experts & educationists. It ensures the dissemination of high quality education to the students & teachers from the original sources.

Ø VICTERS has two modes of operation- the interactive mode & non-interactive mode.

Ø  Interactive mode of VICTERS is used for the video conferencing. It is being India’s first broadband interactive network for school; the interactive mode is equipped with 116 satellite interactive Terminals (SITS).

Ø The main users of the facility under Thiruvanathapuram Hub are IT @ School Project, Directorate of Technical Education, CDAC, SSA, Directorate of Lakshadweep & CIMR.

Ø Non-Interactive mode of VICTERS is the complete educational channel, first of its kind in the country, which was officially inaugurated on 3^rd August 2006.

The channel telecast for 17hours a day from 6AM to 11PM, is unique in the sense that it caters to students & teachers on a need based manner, & programs are aired on demand, sensitive to school curriculum & even timetable.

ROLE OF VICTERS

Ø VICTERS is the only complete Educational channel of the state Kerala, which telecast programmes of educational value, general awareness programmes & content on general interest & is fast becoming the most sought channel by students, parents, teachers & general public.

Ø VICTERS telecast specific curriculum based programmes, regional, national & international programmes on education especially on science & Technology.

Ø The channel is now available through the state through local cable & DTH networks, Receive only Terminals & also Live through internet at WWW.Victers.itschool.gov.in, enabling the students, teachers & general public to watch the channel ‘LIVE’ through internet from any part of the world.

PROGRAMMES TELECAST THROUGH VICTERS

·       Shasthramuthukal (science programme)

·       Padanakauthukam, shastrakauthukam educational programmes.

·       Examination oriented programme for SSLC & Plus2 Level.

·       Ormayile Malayalam

·       Kerala Sree

·       Vazhikatti

·       Haritha vidhyalayam

·       Drishya paadam

·       Pusthakangalkkoppam

·       IT for all

·       Tomorrow Today

·       Beyond the text

·       Magic fingers

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