Tele-Education

1. Introduction

Tele – Education is aimed to address various obstacles that students in present Government rural educational institutions face due to distance and/or socio-economical constraints and lack of quality education. Tele - Education overcomes these shortcomings by providing satellite based LIVE quality training with multimedia content for rural students from V to X Standard, which can reach multitudes, cost effectively. Tele Education project is currently running on 1000 schools of Karnataka state. The main objective of Tele – Education project is to bridge the gap in quality of education being provided in urban and rural areas; particularly in government schools, and elevates the learning levels of the students in Mathematics, Science and English (Grammar).

1. General Description

The Tele education project runs using the content distribution system with the help of the satellite network. Here, the students in various schools attend the class simultaneously using the video conferencing technique. Each class session is a live session whereby a teacher or instructor sits in a central studio and delivers the lecture. After each session there is doubt session where the students can ask doubts. In studio, the video is recorded and streamed live in a group of schools. This group of schools is formed area wise according to the taluks in the state.