Question

What was the purpose behind the SITE project?

• A. To provide students with unique career oppertunities.
• B. To provide education to illiterate people in rural areas via satellite broadcasting.
• C. To provide education to schools in urban areas via satellitle broadcasting.
• D. To provide aid to the government for commmunication.

Answer 1

The correct option is B To provide education to illiterate people in rural areas via satellite broadcasting.

Satellite Instructional Television Experiment or SITE, was a project taken up by the Space Applications Centre at Ahmedabad. The objective of this experiment was to educate illiterate people in rural areas via satellite broadcasting. It helped rural areas to get access to better standards of education.