Education Through Dth In India: Initiatives Of State & Central Government

Abstract

DTH (Direct To Home) technology is reception of television signals through communication satellite. This paper covers education through DTH initiatives like VANDE Gujarat and Swayam Prabha. Both initiatives cover content for school education to high quality higher education. The students of the schools from various board CBSE, SEB’s, ICSE and all lifelong learners can take free education from DTH. 2nd initiative, Swayam Prabha covering 32 channels of secondary & higher secondary, UG & PG non-technical, technical, open schooling and distance learning with teacher education under the Ministry of Human Resource Development. 40 million students from different institutions, colleges ranging from primary to higher education can be benefited of service.