Telangana inks MoU with ISRO to promote education

The Telangana government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to promote education.
The MoU was inked between Department of Information Technology, Electronics & Communication of Telangana and ISRO’s Development & Educational Communication Unit (DECU).
Key Facts

• Under the MoU, ISRO will help to improve services of Telangana’s educational channel ‘Mana TV’ by using Satcom.
• Both parties will work together to create and disseminate educational content so that it reaches the entire population of the state.
• It will help Mana TV channel to start coaching classes for those appearing for Group II services examination of the Telangana Public Service Commission (TPSC).
• The channel will telecast daily a four-hour programme for candidates preparing for the examination.
• Later, Mana TV will also launch similar coaching programmes for the students preparing for various competitive examinations.

Mana TV: It was started by then undivided Andhra Pradesh state in 2006 to provide programmes on distance education, agriculture extension and telemedicine under different channels with help of ISRO.

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2016