CHENNAI:
Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Monday launched
Education TV, an exclusive 24x7 channel for
school students.
The channel will telecast various programmes, including rhymes, songs and video lessons and coaching classes.
The chief minister said the channel would be available at channel number 200 in
Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV.
He asked the students to make use of the programmes to aid their learning.
"Nearly 50% of our programmes will be based on school syllabus and the remaining programmes will focus on inculcating values, discipline and environmental awareness. Coaching classes for various competitive exams like
NEET and
JEE also will be telecast," an official said.
A team of 25 teachers will run the channel. In the first phase, 32 programmes will be telecast.
All government schools will be provided with cable TV connections to enable the students watch the channel.
Unique World Record presented an award to the state government for launching the first education channel in Tamil.