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--- Begin Message ---Umesh, I think that teacher's salaries in fact are more expensive than some of the low-tech options currently being implemented in these countries. And, if we recall from microeconomics and other endeavors, radio educations and textbooks are two of the only inputs (according to Hanushek) which have demonstrable effect on student achievement.Using humans to mobilize people is, in fact, a more costly investment. Investments to increase human capital over physical capital always are. In the particular case of Afghanistan, if I recall correctly from the CIES lecture in Washington, they have an immediate shortage of some 30,000 teachers. Obviously, the short term solution to training teachers (3 or 4 years down the line and millions of dollars required) is to broadcast by radio. The questionof what students might ALSO be using the radio for is another one altogether - but I think we might both agree that the ratio of options available for edification to those for self-indulgence are much higher for radio than for the internet. T On 14 May 2005 at 21:28, Umesh Sharma wrote: > Hi, > > I happened to see the opening session an the one on Asian experience > in China, Afghanistan and India. I was pretty impressed with the way > the lectures were conducted at the central Agricultural Univ and > relayed through Satellite dish to rural centers and how practical > classes were also conducted from tiem and time. The program had about > 30,000 centers and 1.8 million graduates. > > > However, the one in India and Afghanistan were not so enthusing. The > NGO in India was primarily using the hi-tech rural radio/cable tv > center to promote commuity participation and public awareness. I > think it is a very costly way of building a civil society in rural > areas. Mahatma Gandhi was able to rouse up the masses by living and > working with them, and no technology needed for that. Though rural, > illiterate people cannot read newspapers or pamphlets so radio/TV is > good, but I feel using humans to moblize people is a cheaper option, > though I am not sure, if you calculate the cost of their salaries. > > Afghans used some Hi-tech CD-radio to trasmit school lectures to rural > villages- 7,000 such radios were sent to rural areas. Wouldn't it be > more cost effective to train teachers to teach in such places . If > those who are coming forward to be responsible for keeping these hi-fi > radios are literate, they could be trained to teach others. > > There is no evaluation of how effective these programs have been. I > assume atleast some of them might be using the radio system to listen > to film music than for teaching the village kids. > > Any comments? > > Umesh > ------------------------------------------------------------ > On Thu, 12 May 2005 13:45:40 -0400 > "Umesh Sharma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php- URL_ID=27414&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_ > > SECTION=201.html _______________________________________________ > > Iepcohort2005-list mailing list Iepcohort2005- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://gse.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iepcohort2005-list > > _______________________________________________ > Iepcohort2005-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://gse.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iepcohort2005-list > Tucker McCravy, President Serendib P.O. Box 11081 Columbia, SC 29211 U.S.A. Phone: (803) 237-4411 Fax: (877) 799-3383 http://www.serendib.us E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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