PANAJI: Students from class IX to XII are likely to return to school for physical classes before Diwali, said Minister of Pramod Sawant on Wednesday.
Sawant said that the recommendation of the Expert Committee – suggested the reopening of the school for higher class students – will be placed in the presence of the state assignment unit.
The decision of the task force will then be forwarded to the education directorate for implementation, Sawant said.
The task force tends to meet next week to decide, said CM.
“The recommendation of the expert committee on the re-opening of the school will be included before the task force, and then we will send a decision to the Ministry of Education for the implementation.
The task force will make a decision about the reopening of the school.
The Ministry of Education will begin class step by step with consultation with all, starting With class XII and X and then class IX and XI, “Sawant said.
He indicates that the focus will also complete practice first.
“Depending on infrastructure, the class will begin to follow all the protocols and norms associated with Covid.
School can even be reopened before Diwali,” Sawant said.
The main minister on Wednesday launched Nishtha 3.0, an online training program to improve the skills of pre-primary school teachers and elementary schools.
The program will include 12 modules, which include basic literacy and counting.
Overall 5,602 teachers, 1,408 teaches at the pre-primary level and the rest at the primary level, are scheduled to receive training in online mode between October 2021 and March 2022, the Minister’s Minister said, said Minister said.
“Every day, the training will last for two to four hours.
Every teacher must complete 48 hours of training, after that the certificate will be issued, if they reach a minimum 70% limit.
This will help our pre-primary and primary students.
Last year 12,000 teachers Trained in online teaching, after online class begins, under Nishtha 1.0 and 2.0, “Sawant said, thanked the teachers to work together.
Nishtha 3.0 training is being carried out by the Education & Training District Institution (DIET) in collaboration with the Directorate of Education, Scert Goa and Goa Samagra Shiksha.
The training will be carried out through the Diksha or Portal application from October 1, and mandatory for the teacher.
Every month until March 2022, two courses will be available to the teacher.
Speaking at the event, the minister’s chairman also said that there was no limit in the current country to regulate regional language drama, natak, and they were allowed to take place when restrictions in the cinema room was appointed.
“Nataks can be held at a capacity of 50%,” Sawant said.