World Radio Day celebrated at GDGWS – 13th February’ 17

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Books, Television, Films, Radio and Internet are excellent tools to promote literacy and awareness. GDGWS Libraries have been instrumental in promoting Media Literacy by organizing ‘Media Literacy camp’ in September’ 16 and educational tour to All India Radio, New Delhi on the occasion of UN proclaimed ‘World Radio Day’ on 13th Feb., 2017.

An awareness programme was introduced to CS1 students during Library Lesson time in which students not only, were exposed to various resources available in the library but were also shown a video on ‘How a Radio station works’? They also learnt about ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) and BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) using internet.

Select students visited All India Radio station on 13th Feb., 2017 to see ‘a Radio Station’ and ‘How broadcasting happens’ and also witness a ‘live’ programme’ conducted by AIR in which dignitaries of AIR participated on the theme of ‘Changing role of Radio’.