ANALYSIS OF EDUCATIOAL PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN IN KOSOVO TELEVISIONS (RTK, KTV, RTV21, KLAN)

Arbnesha MEXHUANI¹

The study tackles function of land frequency television RTK, KTV, RTV21 and satellite television KLAN in school education (students ages 5-15) in Kosovo. The aim of this study is to identify the extent to which televisions complement the education of primary and middle level students through programs with educatinal content and whether they are in harmony with the Law on Media and State Curriculum. The focus of the study is identification of the number of educational programs for children, content analysis, weekly broadcasting, diversity, comprehensiveness, genre, target age of children and legal aspects. In order to analyze the content of educational programs available for children, they were monitored for 36 days in 24 hours broadcast. Two research inquiries precede this study: 1) To what extent educational programs from (RTK, KTV, RTV21, KLAN) fulfil school education 2) Are these educational programs in compliance to the Law on Media and Educational State Curriculum? The results show that programs for children in the TV are usually in a form of quizzes, entertainment and presentation various school activities, which are in conformity to state curriculum but the time dedicated to weekly broadcasting is very little, which complements school education rather insufficiently.

Keywords
Content Analysis, School Education, Law On Media, Educational Programs, Televisions ,