J&K: 'Radio Classes' helping students to continue their studies amid corona lockdown

In the absence of high speed mobile internet services and few households having access to smartphones, the Jammu and Kashmir education department's initiative to start 'radio classes'is helping students in Doda district to complete their syllabus.
The local station of All India Radio -- AIR Bhadarwah, which covers almost the entire Doda district, is airing one-and-a-half hours of educational content daily since May 29 on frequency 101 MHz.
Meanwhile, students from different parts of the district are enjoying the new experience of learning and said that they are attending the radio classes every morning.
This step by administration is taken especially for the students and their parents, living in rural areas with very little income who could not afford private tuition.
About 25,569 students are there who do not have the facility of internet so a request was made to Prasar Bharti to provide a time slot on AIR Bhadarwah and accordingly, daily virtual radio classes were started from May 29 for students of 9th to 12th so that they could continue with their studies.

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