Lessons on the TV: State run media studios and channels to broadcast education programmes
View(s):- Plans in the works to broadcast lessons from school syllabi over a three month period
- Teachers from leading schools picked to conduct lessons
The move came after the Education Ministry decided to delay the re-opening of schools at least by two weeks, this week. The third term was to begin last Monday.
However, with doubts cast over schools re-opening even after two weeks, the Education Ministry planned to make use of state-run Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) and Channel Eye to broadcast educational programmes.
State Education Reforms Ministry Secretary Upali Sedara said the time table for the lessons would be announced next week.
Under the proposed plans, classes for students from grade three up to grade 13 would be held at different times. The earliest would be at 6.00 am for grade six students, followed by grade seven, eight, and nine and so on.
Dr Sedara said teachers from leading schools had been selected to conduct these lessons and they would be recorded in advance.
He said the state-run SLBC and SLRC studios would be responsible, while private media studios would also be used if necessary.
He also said under the plan, they would be doing education programmes which could be broadcast over three months to cover up classes which students had missed during the year.
Many educational activities had been disrupted from March onwards due to the COVID -19 outbreak, as schools were closed early for the April holidays.
A sum of Rs. 200 million had been sought from the Treasury to implement the project of broadcasting lessons on electronic media, and the Government had already released Rs. 100 million, Dr Sedara said.
- Damith Wickremasekara