IIT Madras to broadcast educational lessons for rural students from today; Check details here

This new content will be broadcasted for rural students on NPTEL Channel 11-18 until August 31, 2020, and have been rescheduled on Channels 11-16 from September 01, 2020.

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras will broadcast its first crash course lesson for rural learners on educational television channels from today, i.e. August 28, 2020. Around 300 hours of video lectures have been curated under this initiative. This new content will be broadcasted on NPTEL Channel 11-18 until August 31, 2020, and have been rescheduled on Channels 11-16 from September 01, 2020.

The lessons have been curated with a core objective to help rural students continue their studies while schools have been kept closed due to the coronavirus lockdown. The aim is to create crash courses with an emphasis on problem-solving approaches. The lectures were recorded by faculty from various central universities from their homes.

The schedule of lectures is available and will be updated on the DTH SWAYAM Prabha website: https://www.swayamprabha.gov.in/. The project was initiated by Dr. BS Balaji, Associate Professor, School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and supported by Prof K Mangala Sunder, Head, Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras, and Chief Coordinator, DTH SWAYAM Prabha, Ministry of Education, Government of India, N Parameswaran, Advisor, SWAYAM, and a pool of academic faculty members from various central universities.

Speaking about this initiative, Prof. K Mangala Sunder, Head, Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras, and Chief Coordinator, DTH SWAYAM Prabha, said, “All the faculty members understood the pressing need and had willingly came forward to contribute to the important aspect of nation-building through creating new learning materials for the students who were affected by lockdown.”

“Educational contents broadcast on national channels, mainly the DTH SWAYAM Prabha channels, is a visionary approach developed by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, and will provide a useful tool to educate the rural students at this crucial juncture,” he added.
The regular 40-50-hour lectures of the entire course were condensed to 10-15 hours for fast assimilation by students during the lockdown. They were created to meet or exceed the very high academic standards set by the University Grants Commission (UGC) and other academic bodies and the technical requirements for High Definition (HD) broadcast.

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