COIMBATORE: The school education department in collaboration with the Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation Limited (TACTV) is expected to launch a new channel on January 15 to improve the academic knowledge of the students and inculcate moral values.Named ‘Education Channel’, it will be available on the channel number 200.A source involved in the project said, “We are planning to air programmes round-the-clock. To start with, programmes would be aired only 8 to 10 hours for two to three months from the day of launch. The department has packages in hand for 3,000 hours which is more than sufficient to telecast without interruptions. Work to schedule programmes are under process.”Videos lessons – mostly for newly introduced concepts and difficult lessons – which practically explain the concepts of academic syllabus would be aired along with short videos on moral values. Videos to educate students about traditional games, Yoga and Thirukkural would also be aired, the source said.As talents found in government school students and teachers remain hidden, teachers who had adopted innovative methods in their schools and students with real talent would be featured in the channel.Live classes would also be taken for students preparing for competitive examinations like NEET and CA, the source said, adding that awareness would also be created about important announcements, government schemes and scholarship programmes.“90% of the programmes would be aired in Tamil and a programme is designed to train the students in English language,” the source added.“A group of teachers from all the 32 districts is roped in for the project. Almost all the videos to be aired in the channel were created by the teachers along with outsourced technicians. Only the government school students, teachers and experts have acted in the videos,” another official involved in the project said.A total of Rs 1.35 crore has been allotted to procure equipment, install and to connect the studio with TACTV station through fiber cable. The integrated studio will function from Anna Centenary Library in Chennai, the official said, adding that tender to carry out the process was already floated.Welcoming the move of the department, a government schoolteacher said it would attract students towards schools.“Most of the times, teachers in rural regions don’t get recognition for their hard work and innovations. When such teachers are recognized and featured, it would encourage other teachers to adopt innovation,” the teacher said, adding that it would change the public’s perspective about government schools.

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