The DRM Consortium, in cooperation with a secondary school in the Gambia, is preparing to conduct its first public demonstration of an innovative project to deliver education at a distance via radio. A group of 15-year-old students at St Joseph’s Senior Secondary School in the Gambian capital, Banjul, will receive on tablets, via Wi-Fi, audio and text lessons transmitted from the UK using DRM shortwave.
The test broadcast is scheduled on April 8 (0700-0900 GMT on 15390kHz – and again 1230-1430 on 21740kHz). The Gambian students will use their tablets for the distance learning on April 8th from 0800-0900 GMT.