Kids to read text books and attend DTH classes:- Dr Asgar Samoon
SRINAGAR :-(PTK) With the start of tele classes and e-learning initiatives, the students of government schools in Jammu and Kashmir will be able to study at home during the lockdown announced to contain the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19).
To ensure that students continue their education, the School Education Department had already distributed assignments of Unit I and Unit II to students during the early phase of lockdown through DIETs.
The Education Department has started tele classes on Doordarshan on a daily basis from 4 pm to 5:30 pm by resource persons of the Department.
Notably, Directorate of School Education Kashmir has a repository of tele classes which are also being aired on DD Kashir Separately.
“Tele-classes are being aired on local cable networks by lecturers, District Resource Persons, ZRPs and teachers. Also the recorded videos of these classes with Directorate have been provided to the Districts for airing them on local cable networks in their area.
Dr Samoon also directed starting the online virtual classes through different platform like WhatsApp, to reach out to the Children.
“The schools have to form different groups of their students and teachers and accordingly form a timetable for virtual classes. They should also engage them in a play way activity, quizzes, assignments, small projects in a two-way process,” he said.
Government has also recently decided to provide 2500 low-budget educational tablets to the students of 10th to 12th standards for enhancing their virtual learning experience. The tablets would be loaded with textbooks, problem-solving techniques and other related material.
Dr Samoon reiterated that the School Education Department through its online education initiatives is trying to ensure that students can continue their learning during the lockdown period.
He had also asked for the status of distribution of dry ration and collection of account details of students for transferring the Mid-day meal scheme benefits to them.
“closure of all schools to extended till 3rd May; kids to read text books and attend DTH classes; teachers to ensure home delivery of MDM rations to all kids; register left out parents’ bank accounts for DBT of cooking charges; stay home stay stay safe” He tweeted(ptk)
