Voices and images of hope: The rebirth of educational television in Ecuador in times of COVID-19

ABSTRACT

The article discusses about the effectiveness of the educational television in Ecuador in times of COVID-19. In Ecuador, educational television was already on intensive care before the advent of COVID-19, with meager financing or even with zero budget, permanently reprising programs that were produced several years ago. Yet, even under these adverse circumstances, and thanks to international cooperation and private funding, we have been able to reach almost every family in our country with content from the curriculum, but also with social-emotional support and with programs about daily learning at home. We have been able to strengthen international alliances and to work together for a better tomorrow. From now on, our focus will be on how to make this an experience for the future, not just for COVID-19, and to promote the institutionalization and revalorization of educational television in Ecuador, in order for it to be perceived as a right by the citizens of our country. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)