Community Radio in Nashik wins the award for free education service.
Nashik Community Radio has received awards from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Radio Vishwas for broadcasting free audio schools lessons for students during a pandemic. The name of the program is "Education for All in the times of COVID-19".
Run by the Vishwas Dhyan Prabodhini & Research Institute, the station broadcasts for 14 hours daily. Its program ‘Shikshan Sarvansathi’ (Education for all) that won the award was started in June 2020 to provide free education to students from std 3rd to 10th. The program features audio lectures in various languages including Hindi, English, Marathi and Sanskrit, said the release.
The lectures were also shared with six other community radios in Maharashtra which broadcast them in other parts of the state, Kulkarni said. Teachers also chipped in other ways.
Over ten years, the station has developed an audience base of around three lakh, Kulkarni claimed. Other programs broadcast by the station include ‘Shahri Parasbaag’ which gives information about how to grow a kitchen garden, while ‘Mala Aavadlela Pustak’ discusses books. ‘Jaaniv Samajktechi’ focuses on problems of senior citizens.
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