Television in Education

Television was evolved for the educational purposes. It has the unique feature of combining audio and visual technology, and thus considered to be more effective than audio media. It serves multiple purposes of entertainment, information and education. It provides national and International news, and the visual account of important events. It raises awareness by an advertisement. Developmental education programmes in the area of agriculture and allied subjects, health, family planning and social education, which were telecast in the evening for community viewing. Television in education has undergone many incarnation. It has been used extensively in conventional and distance education format. the developed countries are taking full advantage of television in education. this has greater scope in developing countries also.