Community Media/Research/Questions

For Radio:

 * 1) Education in Palpa. Problems
 * 2) What was the main idea behind the programme Hamro Pathshala (HP)? How did it get started?
 * 3) How was the programme initially planned and who were in the planning team?
 * 4) Description on the development process of the progarmme. Please explain all the process and the steps
 * 5) How do you describe your programme having successfully implemented for last three years? What has been the experience like?
 * 6) How do people describe the programme?
 * 7) Description of the programme design
 * 8) Was the implementation of the programme as simple as you initially thought while planning?
 * 9) How often is planning revisited?
 * 10) How often do radio staffs and teachers meet to discuss about the programme?
 * 11) Has there been any contribution from schools and teachers?
 * 12) Under what basis was local teachers selected for this programme?
 * 13) How do you describe the success of your programme?
 * 14) What are some of the key lessons learned in last three years?
 * 15) From this year why only for class ten and not for eight and nine?
 * 16) How is the HP different from any other radio programme?
 * 17) What has been the response of the programme so far?
 * 18) Who are your target students? Rural and urban
 * 19) Besides students who does the programme target?
 * 20) How do community people involve or participate in this programme? What has been their role?
 * 21) What are feedback tools used in the proagramme?
 * 22) How is the programme made interactive or two-way communication? How do students get their doubts clarified?
 * 23) What motivates radio to run this programme?
 * 24) Where do you see this programme in next three years?
 * 25) Some critics say that the programme is no different from classroom teaching. It is tedious, laborious and some time boring. How do you react on these comments?
 * 26) A successful programme and still want to improve in future. What are those areas that you would like to improve or lesson learned from last three years?
 * 27) Challenges faced so far
 * 28) Was training useful? What do you think that the training has missed out?

For Course Teachers

 * 1) Education in Palpa
 * 2) What has been your experience as part of the HP?
 * 3) How do people describe your programme?
 * 4) Has the programme been useful to you?
 * 5) How is this teaching different from classroom teaching?
 * 6) Is it easy teaching through radio?
 * 7) How has the programme developed so far?
 * 8) Description on the development process of the proagrmme
 * 9) Were you involved while planning this programme?
 * 10) Description on programme design
 * 11) Do your content cover anything outside of textbook?
 * 12) Any references outside of textbook. Example internet, print etc
 * 13) How do other teachers from your school describe about the programme?
 * 14) Do other teachers provide feedback? How?
 * 15) What has been the role of advisory committee? How active are they?
 * 16) Feedback tools: letter, phone, email, sms
 * 17) What has been the role of schools? Is there any support from school?
 * 18) Why only English, Maths and Science
 * 19) Do schools encourage students to listen the programme?
 * 20) Experience working with radio staffs? Are they helpful and cooperative
 * 21) Do you see parents involved in this programme? Influence amongst parents and students
 * 22) Any suggestions to Radio Station
 * 23) What is it that you would further like to improve in the programme. Any key lesson learned so far
 * 24) How do you define the success of the programme?
 * 25) Challenges ahead
 * 26) HP for you in two sentences

Students:

 * 1) Your first choice local radio station. Why?
 * 2) You associate Radio Madanpokhara as…., why?
 * 3) About HP. What do you understand? Description
 * 4) How often do you listen? In groups or individual and where?
 * 5) Any difference from your regular classroom teaching. How?
 * 6) Your role and involvement in the programme. How?
 * 7) Is the HP discussed in your classroom amongst other students and your school teacher?
 * 8) What do you find most interesting about the HP? Why ?
 * 9) What is your association with radio?
 * 10) How do you clarify the doubts of such distance education? Don’t you think it is one way education?
 * 11) Understand that such education benefits more to above average students. Is that true? Weak students find it difficult to follow as there is no repetition
 * 12) Suggestion to radio teachers and station
 * 13) Which subject do you listen most and find interesting? Why?
 * 14) Has the programme influenced your parents? How?
 * 15) Your perception on radio station
 * 16) What other programme do you listen besides HP
 * 17) How is the programme different from tuition on air of Radio Srinagar?
 * 18) Do your school encourages and promotes HP?
 * 19) Do you also listen the programme in school?
 * 20) Is the timing of the programme OK for you all ?
 * 21) Now the HP is only for class ten. What do you have to say on this?