Distance Education and Information Unit (Guyana)

The role of the Distance Education and Information Unit (DEIU) is to provide through the media of broadcasting and print formal and non-formal educational programmes geared to meet the needs of individuals.

The DEIU:

• Provides programmes along a continuum from enrichment through learning resource, meeting special needs to direct teaching and curriculum reform.
• Initiates programmes that service national and developmental educational issues.
• Expands opportunities for in-service teacher education.

To discharge the above, the unit has three distinct sub-divisions:

• Broadcasts to Schools (formal) Radio.
• Talking about Education (non-formal) Radio.
• The Guyana In-Service Distance Education Project (formal) Print.

The Broadcasts to Schools section provides for five days - ten programmes per week - ten weeks per term, educational programmes to over 350 primary and all-age schools. These programmes provide enrichment and support the curriculum. The programmes are broadcast Mondays to Fridays from 13:30 - 14:00 hrs, Channel 11, Voice of Guyana.

Talking about Education provides 3 evenings per week at 20:00, Channel 11, Voice of Guyana programmes which disseminate information on developments and issues within the educational system. It also initiates programmes on innovations in education.

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