The Media Lab of the Centre for Media Studies conducted a yearlong study of six leading news channels- Aaj Tak, DD News, NDTV India, Sahara Samay, Star News and Zee News during primetime (7-11 PM) in the year 2005. This study reveals a remarkably low overall priority given to stories relating to education. On average, the six channels devoted a miniscule 1.1 % of their news time to education, with one channel devoting as low as 0.7 % of its 7-11 PM news time in 2005.
