Mangaluru: Some educational institutions in coastal districts, to capture the spread of the SARS-COV-2 virus among student populations, following prevention than healing policies.
As a result, college, even though they did not report Covid-19 cases, have shifted to online learning mode.
St Agnes College here has shifted to online learning mode for second and third year undergraduate students, while the physical class continues for first year students.
“We are doing physical classes and classes in online mode, as precautions to load SARS-COV-2 virus spreads.
Many students live in accommodation or guest hostels outside the campus, have notified that some other inmates have been tested positively.
Do not want to take risks, and decide to switch to mixed learning mode.
This will help stop the spread of the virus among students, “said Sister Venessa, head of the campus school.
“This setting can continue until we complete our final semester examination scheduled in a few weeks,” he added.
Two days ago, another hospitality management college located on the outskirts of the city, shifted to online learning mode for some time.
“We were told that the class would be held online for a week, and could continue after that,” said a student on campus.
The oldest college in the city also holds an online class and exam, as a precautionary measure.
Campus did not report positive cases.
P s Yadapadithaya, Deputy Chancellor, Mangalore University, said that currently only one university under the university was closed, because it reported more than five cases of Covid-19 among students.
The university will take part in the district government guidelines, where directed to close any educational institutions that reported five cases of Covid-19 or more.
He also added that colleges have been asked to do online classes during weekend hours.
“This is a good step that colleges shifted to online learning mode as a security measure.
This is the needs of the clock, because the level of its high participation, and the Covid-19 case is expected to peak in a few days,” said Shreya D’Souza, a student management hotel.