Sajan As you know, the regular ways of throwing money away are increasingly coming under the scanner. Giving money to (what often turns out to be) non-existent schools with absentee teachers is still a growth sector.
Vickram http://communicall.wordpress.com http://vvcrishna.wordpress.com > >From: sajan venniyoor <[email protected]> >To: CR India <[email protected]> >Sent: Tue, 5 October, 2010 20:50:32 >Subject: [cr-india] Three tribal radio stations coming up in Madhya Pradesh > > >I suppose one should be grateful to the MP government for not calling them >community radio stations though these 'tribal radio stations' are, of course, >licensed under the CR policy. These are just three among 8 or 10 radio >stations >that the MP government plans to set up in local schools, or under their own >'autonomous' departments. > > >There is a crying need for tribal community radio stations. But putting them >in >government schools, under the charge of wholly mystified school headmasters >and >teachers (I've spoken to them) is a needlessly complicated way of throwing >away >large sums of money. > > >Sajan > > >Three tribal radio stations coming up in MP >10/05/2010, >http://igovernment.in/site/three-tribal-radio-stations-coming-mp-38530 > > > >Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to establish three radio >stations in tribal-dominated regions of the state. > > >The radio stations will start functioning from November 1 to mark the >foundation >day of the State of Madhya Pradesh. > >The radio stations are being established in Khalwa region of Khandwa district, >Chicholi (Betul district) and Tamia (Chhindwara district). > > >All the radio stations will air programmes in the dialects of the tribals of >the >selected regions, official sources here said. > >The 9 FM radio channel has been offered the permission by the central >government >to run the radio stations. The programme content of the radio stations will >be >on health, education and issues of public importance aired in local dialects.
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