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IGNOU to set up FM stations in T’Puram, Kochi

01st August 2009 11:01 AM



THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: How about learning your lessons listening to the radio? The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is all set to make the age-old radio an educational tool by starting FM stations at its campuses in Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi.
Named ‘Gyan Vani’, the FM radio is purely to air educational programmes including live radio counselling. While IGNOU will have an agreement signed with All-India Radio for its transmission in Thiruvananthapuram, it will have its own facilities installed at the Kochi campus.
Though IGNOU had kickstarted a massive programme to start FM stations across the country for wider reach as earlier as 2002, it is for the first time that Kerala ranks among the prospective places for setting up FM stations.
It is keeping in tune with the FM boom in the State that the IGNOU has embarked on such a venture.”We have audio CDs of our classes which will be aired. Every information that our students want to know - their examination schedules, new courses, dates of their classes - all these will be announced through Gyan Vani. It is in the installation stage and will be functional shortly,” said B Sukumar, IGNOU Regional Director.
Though a final decision on the total hours of transmission is yet to be taken, it is expected to be on air for at least six hours. Apart from live interactions with teachers for clearing doubts, campus programmes, and information capsules, IGNOU has plans to tie up with the local educational institutions too. In this way, a more elaborate and comprehensive package of educational programmes can be anticipated with the FM radio available within 80km radius, Sukumar said.
The IGNOU had tied up with the AIR four years back to air a live radio counselling programme for one hour which used to be attended by an administration expert and two subject experts. The programme was well-received among the student community and even rural students who had nothing to do with the IGNOU campus, used to call up for interaction. However, it was discontinued subsequently.
With the FM stations to be launched now, the IGNOU hopes to reinstate its relationship with the student community once again.

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