Visits to Twenty-Three Villages to Determine the Impact of the Water Series Produced by the Out-of-School TV Department

摘要

In an attempt to help villages of the Ivory Coast deal with the water supply problem, especially during the dry season, the Ivorian Out-of-School Education Department (OSED) broadcast a series of 25 TV programs on water and related issues during the period November 1974 to December 1975. This report analyzes how the school animators, who run the adult educational television (ETV) discussions, and villagers react to such series broadcasts. The water programs represented the first Ivorian adult ETV series. Major problems relating to the programs include the lack of lighting and space in the animation classrooms; the lack of understanding of program contents; irregularities of the broadcasts; failure of the animators to adequately communicate program times to the villagers; the practice of viewing ETV programs outside of the animation sessions; lack of ethnic balance in the programs; lack of relevance in ETV topics; the lack of pay for animators; the lack of interest in ETV on the part of village leaders; the lack of village visits by OSED staff; cultural/traditional barriers making the school teacher a very ineffective and inappropriate animator; and lack of cooperation of the appropriate government agencies in program preparation and follow-up. Suggestions for improving these situations are included in each case.