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VISITS TO TWENTY-THREE VILLAGES TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT OF THE WATER SERIES PRODUCED BY THE OUT-OF-SCHOOL TV DEPARTMENT
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VISITS TO TWENTY-THREE VILLAGES TO DETERMINE THE IMPACT OF THE WATER SERIES PRODUCED BY THE OUT-OF-SCHOOL TV DEPARTMENT
In an attempt to help villages of the Ivory Coast deal with the water supply problem, especially during the dry season, the Ivorian Out-of-School Education Department (OSED) broadcast a series of 25 TV programs on water and related issues during the period November 1974 to December 1975.
GRANT, STEPHEN H.; PIERRE, S. T. · 1970
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Abstract
This report analyzes how the school animators, who run the adult educational television (ETV) discussions, and villagers react to such series broadcasts. The water programs represented the first Ivorian adult ETV series. Both mailed questionnaires and interviews with animators and selected villagers in 23 villages were used in the analysis. Major problems relating to the programs include the lack of lighting and space in the animation classrooms; the lack of understanding of program contents; irregularities of the broadcasts (due mainly to frequent animator reassignments, long technical breakdowns, and modification of broadcast times and program subjects); failure of the animators to adequately communicate program times to the villagers; the practice of viewing ETV programs outside of the animation sessions, thus missing the ensuing discussion which is supposed to promote learning and related community or personal action; lack of ethnic balance in the programs; lack of relevance in ETV topics; the lack of pay for animators; the lack of interest in ETV on the part of village leaders; the lack of village visits by OSED staff; cultural/traditional barriers making the school teacher a very ineffective and inappropriate animator; and lack of cooperation of the appropriate government agencies in program preparation and follow-up. Suggestions for improving these situations are included in each case. Recommendations were made to the OSED in 11 different areas, including assisting villagers in contacting appropriate government agencies and offices; performing field demonstrations to augment the TV programs; furnishing kerosene lamps to animators; maintaining a stricter schedule for broadcast dates and times; obtaining a more equitable distribution regarding the ethnic group and language of the program actors; and responding more quickly and more satisfactorily to questions asked by the spectators and animators.
