Second channel of KITE Victers likely to go on air this month

It has been 15 years since the channel was launched

As it celebrates 15 years, the KITE Victers (Versatile ICT-enabled resource for students) channel is taking another big leap during this COVID-19-induced crisis. Post a successful trial run, the second channel of Victers may go on air this month. A decade-and-a-half after it was inaugurated by the former Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan on August 3, 2006, Victers is the mainstay of First Bell, the State government’s digital education programme for school students during the pandemic. It is estimated that Victers reaches out to nearly 50 lakh students. The pandemic, says Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE) Chief Executive Officer Anvar Sadath K., could be one of the biggest challenges Victers faced. Firstly, because it was unexpected and secondly, as it entailed a lot of coordination in rolling out the digital content.