Education Television, or better known as ETV and TV Pendidikan in Bahasa Malaysia, pioneered educational television programmes in the country upon its launch on June 19,1972. The primary aim of ETV, he told StarEdu, was to reach out to students in rural schools. Talks of implementing ETV programmes began in the mid 1960s. “It was cumbersome for teachers to complete their subject syllabus in between the time ETV programmes are aired. “To overcome this problem, we provided schools with copies of the programmes for students to watch according to the teachers’ preferred time.”Introducing initiatives like ETV or DidikTV requires planning, training and preparation, George who left his position as ETV head in the early 1990s, said.

Source: The Star February 28, 2021 00:22 UTC