Prasar Bharati signs MoU IT Ministry to launch 51 DTH channels for education

New Delhi: India’s public broadcaster Prasar Bharati and Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-Informatics on Wednesday have signed an agreement today to make 51 direct-to-home (DTH) Education TV channels.

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Prasar Bharati and Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-Informatics under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology aims to bring quality educational programmes to every household, including those in rural and remote areas, the government said in a statement.

These educational channels seek to provide quality educational programmes, including to those in rural and remote areas. The Prasar Bharati and MEITY’s services will be available free of cost for all the viewers.

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“Under the ambit of this MoU, 51 DTH education TV channels comprising Swaymprabha (22 channels) (M/o Education), e-Vidya for classes 1 to 12 (12 channels) of NCERT, Vande Gujarat (Govt. of Gujarat) (16 channels) and DigiShala under M/o Electronics and IT (1 channel) shall be available as DD co-branded channels to all DD FreeDish viewers. This move aims to bring quality educational programmes to every household, including those in rural and remote areas,” it said.

“This is to bring quality educational programmes to every household, including those in rural and remote areas. The services will be available free of cost for all the viewers 24×7.” it further added.

“This government initiative will go a long way in achieving Government’s goal of providing education to all,” the statement said.