TELEVISION PROGRAMMES

For better utilisation of Educational programmes, Annual Transmission schedule is prepared by SIET. While preparing the schedule, factors which are taken into consideration as per the priorities are the number of completed programmes available with the production wing and the number of old programmes, which have repetitive value. Every Friday of the week is kept free in order to keep the option open for the latest and newly produced programmes of the institute for transmission.
The duration and chunk given by Doordarshan Kendra, Bhubaneswar (Channel-1)  for the telecast of E.T.V. programmes produced by SIET is 5 days a week i.e. Monday to Friday from 10.30 A.M. to 11.00 A.M. The programmes being telecast by Doordarshan Kendra, Bhubaneswar are also relayed by all transmitters in Orissa through satellite link. 

Monitoring

Utilization of the TV sets is a regular work of the Research and Evaluation wing of S.I.E.T. Five thousand primary schools which have been supplied with the CTVs require to be monitored regularly. 

The user Teachers' Training is also an important work of the Evaluation wing. The primary school Teachers using the TV sets required to be oriented about the operation, safe keeping, pre-telecast and post-telecast activities and keeping records of utilization of programmes. 

Programme preview and appraisal is also a regular feature of the Evaluation Activities undertaken from time to time.  

 The Field-testing of ETV/ER programmes have been conducted in three districts. Forty number of programmes, both video are Audio have been taken to primary schools, viewed and Data collected in structured questionnaires. The Data so collected is under reporting and is expected to be finished by May 2000.