EKLAVAYA TO BECOME ROUND THE CLOCK
TECHNOLOGY CHANNEL FROM TOMORROW
DR.
JOSHI REVIEWS PROGRESS OF KEY PROGRAMMES
The Eklavaya channel
will start telecasting programmes round the clock from tomorrow,
the Gandhi Jayanti. Launched on January 26 this year, the channel
telecasts programmes exclusively on technology education.
In a meeting with senior
officers held here today to review progress of key programmes,
Minister for Human Resource Development, Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi
directed that the high quality of the programmes on the Eklavaya
channel be maintained so that it benefits those students who have
no access to quality technical education. The Minister also directed
the officers concerned to expedite ground work for programmes
to be relayed through EDUSAT, a satellite fully devoted to educational
broadcasting which is to be launched in near future.
Dr. Joshi also reviewed
the progress of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and emphasised the need
for close coordination with states lagging behind in the implementation
of this flagship programme on elementary education. He asked the
officials to ensure that the recently launched programme for education
to girls, the NPEGEL,* is implemented in the right earnest to
bridge gender gap in education.
The Minister was
apprised of the steps being taken to cover the few districts that
have remained without a literacy campaign. Special attention will
now be paid to launch literacy campaigns in these districts, especially
those in difficult areas such as Jammu & Kashmir after today’s
review. Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi asked for review of Jan Shikshan
Sansthans, over a hundred institutions in the country aimed at
improving vocational skills, mostly of women.
Dr. Murli Manohar
Joshi is visiting Paris tomorrow where he will address the general
conference of UNESCO and also deliver key note address at the
Round Table of Education Ministers for Promoting the Quality of
Education.
*National Programme
for Education of Girls at Elementary Level
