Educational programming

O' Reilly Radar has a compelling post about educational programming today:

"Our public broadcasting system should re-invent itself as a network for educational programming. Moreover, it should specifically focus on increasing public interest and engagement in science and civics. This is a vital public mission -- promoting science and technology literacy and creating a greater understanding of our own system of government.

Even in an age of YouTube, broadcast television has the ability to reach even those people who don't have ready access to the Internet. Television is a lowest common denominator, technologically speaking, and so it serves nearly everyone. That's why we should still care that some portion of broadcasting be allocated to serving a public good."

It struck me that educational programming the kind that actually involves educators is doable here in Malaysia, given the recent lament about our shortfall of scientists. The only questions left are "who", "how" and of course, "how much"?