I have been viewing Makkal TV Channel for many years since it's beginning. I think that it is one of the best channels for edutainment.
This afternoon I had the pleasure of viewing one science program in which an entrepreneur explains how to make a simple home made electric generator using very easily available household materials. This program reminds me of 'UNESCO Sourcebook for Science Teaching' published several years ago by UNESCO; it used to serve as an excellent source of information. I think that
NCERT publishef the local exitions of the book. Cenrral and State Governments took efforts to distribue this book in all Government Schools.
I remember how I and my students were benefited from the book's contents.
UK based English Language Book Society ((ELBS) used to publish low cost editions of University Level textbooks in different subjects; these were easily available in India.
Delhi based
S Chand Publishing used to publish excellent textbooks at the BSc Degree Course level; I have used their 'Textbook of Optics' by Shree Brijlal and Shree Subhramanyam, among others. These books helped our understanding of textbook concepts easily.
In those days, there was only one problem: there was no teacher development magazines until Orient Longmans began publishing '
Teacher Plus'. Recently Teacher Plus replaced it's print version by online version. I personally feel that print version should not have been stopped.
I tried to share Makkal TV's programme in this post, but in vain. I think that MAKKAL TV has banned this option to prevent misuse by evil people.
