TELEVISION IN POST-WAR SCHOOLS

Korero (AEWS), Volume 2, Issue 18, 11 September 1944, Page 28

TELEVISION IN POST-WAR SCHOOLS

Large numbers of British schools are being supplied with television sets, reports the London News Chronicle. This will be the first step in the revolutionary post-war educational scheme planned by the Ministry of Education in conjunction with the British television industry and aiming to promote instruction by television throughout the country. Sets supplied to schools must comply with a number of special requirements, necessitating considerable research and advanced experiments. The British television industry, thanks to the lead it has established in this science in pre-war years and maintained during the war, is in a unique position to supply these advanced models. It will be remembered that pre-war Britain was the only country to broadcast finely developed daily television programmes. During the war, although television broadcasts have been suspended, the industry itself has made enormous progress in the field of radio-location, which is closely linked with television.