RADIO CLASSES

While the restoration of 4G internet is still in Supreme Court as a petitioners have gone for fresh plea of contempt as the officials have not so far formed the special committee as directed by court for the high speed internet in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir.

Amid this low speed internet which has largely affected the student community, there is a ray of hope by radio classes as in some pockets of Jammu and Kashmir students have been able to complete their syllabus by these classes.

In the absence of high speed mobile internet services and few households having access to smartphones, the Jammu and Kashmir education department’s initiative to start ‘radio classes’ is helping students in Doda district to complete their syllabus despite the corona virus lockdown.

The local station of All India Radio — AIR Bhadarwah, which covers almost the entire Doda district, is airing one-and-a-half hours of educational content daily since May 29 on frequency 101 MHz.

This programme initiated by the education department has helped the students in the far off villages of Doda district to have the education in their homes as most of these students are from poor families with no smart phones in their families.

Radio classes on a regular basis have proved for them a God sent opportunity to them to have education against all odds at their homes. In such a situation as prevailing in UT of Jammu and Kashmir daily education programme has proved that there is always a window of opportunity for the poor students to avail.