Published 15:11 IST, July 17th 2020
Manipur's first educational channel 'Lairik' launched in partnership with Jio TV
Manipur education minister Dr. Thokchom Radheshyam on July 16 launched a free of cost education channel 'Lairik' in association with Jio TV.
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Manipur education minister Dr. Thokchom Rheshyam on July 16 launched a free of cost education channel 'Lairik' in association with Jio TV. According to reports, JIO TV is providing free of cost service to government of Manipur as well as to subscribers across country, which is more than 35 lakhs in rast alone, including Manipur. educational TV channel is first such educational cannel in state of Manipur. Dr. Thokchom expressed his gratitude to RV Balasubramaniam Iyer, vice president, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, and Jio TV.
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Dr. Thokchom launched channel via video conferencing attended by journalists of print and digital media. During conference, Dr. Thokchom said that channel will benefit both teachers and students of state. He said one of benefits to launch educational channel with Jio TV is that students will be able to watch it on ir mobile phone inste of a television set. He furr ded that live channel will be available across country. Out of 700 channels available on Jio TV, 64 channels are dedicated to education hosted by Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD), Dr, Thokchom ded furr.
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Programs in local & English langu
channel named Lairik means Kitab or Book in Manipuri langu and it will be hosted by state's education department brocasting programs in both local and English langu. Jio TV is offering four ditional channels to launch classwise contents, said minister. As Jio TV has a dependency on Jio sim cards and mobile phones, Jio Saavn and Jio Meet, which can be downloed on any service provider mobile phone will also brocast channel. Dr. Thokchom also thanked his department officials, teachers, and app developers because of whom channel is live today.
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15:12 IST, July 17th 2020