EMERGENCE AND EVOLUTION

OF EDUCATIONAL RADIO
WITH SPECIAL REFERRENCE
TO INDIA

EMERGENCE OF EDUCATIONAL
RADIO
RADIO TECHNOLOGY WAS FIRST
DEVELOED DURING THE LATE
NINETEENTH CENTURY AND CAME
INTO POPULAR USAGE DURING THE
EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY.
MARCONI WAS PIONEER TO WORK IN
THIS FIELD
HERTZ DISCOVERED RADIO WAVES

EVOLUTION OF RADIO WITH

SPECIAL REFERANCE TO INDIA
THE RADIO CLUB OF BOMBAY BROADCAST THE FIRST
RADIO PROGRAMME IN JUNE 1923
EDUCATIONAL USE OF RADIO STARTED AROUND 1930.
GOVT. OF INDIA AND INDIAN BROADCASTING
COMPANY LTD1947 MERGED
AIR ESTABLISHED SIX STATIONS
DELHI,BOMBAY,CALCUTTA,MADRAS,LUCKNOW,TIRUCHI
RAPALLI
THE AIR IS EXPECTED TO COVER AN ESTIMATED 97.7
PERCENT OF POPULATION IN THE COUNTRY ON
COMPLETION OF ONGOING PROJECTS(IGNOU2000)

EVOLUTIONARY GROWTH OF
EDUCATIONAL RADIO
1. SCHOOL BROADCAST PROJECT

2. ADULT EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

PROJECT

3. FARM AND HOME BROAD CAST PROJECT

4. UNIVERSITY BROAD CAST PROJECT

5. LANGUAGE LEARNING PROGRAMME

EVOLUTIONARY GROWTH OF
EDUCATIONAL RADIO
6. IGNOU AIR BROAD CAST

7. IGNOU AIR INTERACTIVE RADIO COUNSELLING (IRC)

8. GYAN VANI (EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO CHANNEL OF INDIA.

9. RADIO VISION

10. RADIO TEXT

SHORT DESCRIPTION ABOUT EVOLUTION OF

EDUCATIONAL RADIO
1. SCHOOL BROAD CAST PROJECT
. Commissioned in 1937.
. Target Group was school students from Delhi, Kolkata,
Madras and Mumbai.
. In the beginning not strictly governed by the curriculum.
. Later made curriculum oriented.
2. ADULT EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT
. Commenced in 1956 in 144 villages to immediate vicinity of
Poona (in Maharashtra state) .
. It was based on agriculture, tied up with UNESCO.
. 30 Minutes Radio Programme on some agricultural
community was observed.

SHORT DESCRIPTION ABOUT EVOLUTION OF

EDUCATIONAL RADIO
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FARM AND HOME BROAD CAST PROJECT

Commenced in 1966.
Target group farmer and villagers.
Provides information in farmers on agricultural topics.
UNIVERSITY BROAD CAST PROJECT
Initiated for university students in 1965.
Aim is to expend higher education.
The programme consist of two types general and
enrichment topics
5. LANGUAGE LEARNING PROGRAMME
. Known as Radio Pilot Project started in 1979 to 1980.
. Started jointly by AIR and Department of Education of
Govt. of Rajasthan.
. For betterment of Hindi Language as First Language.

SHORT DESCRIPTION ABOUT EVOLUTION OF

EDUCATIONAL RADIO
6. IGNOU AIR BROAD CAST
. Collaboration with IGNOU , AIR STATIONS of Mumbai,
Hydrabad, Shillong started Radio Broad Casting from January
1992.
. Target Groups are open and conventional University students.
7. IGNOU AIR INTERACTIVE RADIO COUNSELLING (IRC)
. Started in 1998 for open and conventional university students.
. Helps to bridge the gap between institution and learners.
8. GYAN VANI (EDUACATIONAL FM RADIO CHANNEL OF INDIA
. Project launch in year 2001.
. Gyan = knowledge, Vani = Aerial Broad Casting in educational
FM Radio Channel of India.
9. RADIO TEXT
. Used for converting textual data through computer network.
10. RADIO VISION
. Pioneered by BBC, audio visually, economical.

ADVANTAGES OF EDUCATIONAL RADIO

Educational Radio helps in listening the
lectures,
talks,
discussion
and
seminar
proceeding of Educational Interest.
To forms planned and sequential class room
lesson on various topics.
Highly economical.
Capable of solving various problem in the field
of education arising out of the shortage of man
material resources, good text book well planed
instructional programme.
It acts as effective medium like radio broad
casting.

CONCLUSION
Although many of the viewers are using television
or internet for news and entertainment, along
with there use in education, efforts are still on in
using radio. Various agencies at the level of
conventional and distance universities are
making use of radio for broadcasting there
educational content as a cheap local
supplementary alternative. The above described
educational radio projects indicate that radio can
be an effective medium in reaching out quality
education and training to the needy ones.