programmes

sources other than the conventional class room where the learning experience occurs including

watching visiting places and ordinary interaction with parents and elders.

ALIF requires teachers in conventional classrooms to include TV programmes in their curricula

 to standardise and enrich the pre-school environment of all children in the country.  shows

have around  explicit curricular messages with goals including numeracy, communication

and language, critical thinking, environmental concernsecology, health and hygiene,

character-building self-development, and social awareness.

preliminary impact assessment carried out on 400 children in both rural and urban areas

showed the programme to have captured the attention and curiosity of not only the targeted

group but also older children in the age group.