The education department of Uttarakhand has tied up with the Doordarshan to telecast special teaching capsules for the students of classes IX , X and XII.

These modules would be telecast under the programme ‘Gyandeep’ of Doordarshan. The education minister Arvind Pandey told The Pioneer that the department has inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Dehradun, Doordarshan for telecast of teaching modules for students of Uttarakhand board. He said that the objective of the programme is to ensure that the teaching of the students does not get hampered due to the ongoing lockdown. The Minister said that the programme would start from April 24. Under the programme, the module of classes would start from 1 pm and continue till 2.30 pm.

From 1 pm to 2.00 pm, the programme would be telecast on the link of DD Uttar Pradesh and all private DTH channels would relay the programme. From 2 pm afterwards the, the DD Uttarakhand would telecast the teaching modules .

The education minister said that the state government is doing its best to ensure that the studies of the students are not drastically hampered due to the lockdown.

The schools and colleges in the state were closed in Uttarakhand on March 15 to prevent the students from the threat posed by the COVID-19. The education department has also asked its teachers to undertake online classes to teach the students however the students living in the remote areas face connectivity problems in smooth conduction of online classes.