Panaji: Even when the government is still debating whether the school must be reopened for students from class I to VIII, management of several rural schools – impatient with poor internet connectivity and lack of devices – looking for special permits from the government, getting their parents’ teacher associations (PTA ) Nodding, and go with offline sessions for younger students.
For some schools, the return to the physical class began in early September.
In Canacona, the education community Shree Nirakar runs five schools, with a combined strength of 1,000 students.
Immediately after the Ganesh Chaturthi holiday ended, management began doing physical classes for students from class V to VIII on alternative days.
“We will open our school at Mashem and Gaondari directly from the main part of November 22,” said the head of the community, Prashant rose.
“We have run classes from class V to VIII, and we don’t have a problem.
The level of peposititivity is now down in the state.
CM now must say ‘Bivpachi Garaz Na’ and open school.” In Bicholim, the Mandal Education Community Vidyavardhak has also started Doing physical classes for class VII students and VIII on alternative days from October.
Community Chairman Vijay Sardesai said that they were now looking to reopen school from class I from Monday.
“Some of our students don’t have cellphones, and we give them a phone through sponsors.
How much can we provide with the device? We have 4,300-4,500 students studying in four of our institutions from class I to XII.
The majority of them come from interior areas , and do not have internet connectivity to attend online classes, “Sardesai said.
He said that schools currently see the presence of 95%.
The insistence and support of parents is the driving force for school.
Even in the case of class X to XII, the community is the first to start a physical session with a special permission, even before the state can provide a nod to all schools.
“The parents told us that their children faced difficulties.
So we held a meeting, and parents gave us a green signal to start the class.
We started by following all soups.
Parents are very happy with the way we do class.
We have formed The team to monitor students for symptoms, “Sardesai said.
Management even saw a visit from the State Task Force to check the function of physical classes in his schools.
“In class XII itself, we have 700 students, so we sit in classrooms with a capacity of 50%.
We have infrastructure for it.
We have started cleaning the place to start the class of the primary level,” said Sardesai.
Many low school registration in rural areas such as Sarvan, Karapur, Pilgao, Maulinguem, Kuchirem in Bicholim Taluka has also begun to do physical classes, to help students relate to poor connectivity.
“The last 2019-20 academic year was lost because of Covid, and students were left behind,” said the Sawant of Sarvan, Bicholim, the parent of two children studying in class VII and VIII.
“So the school authority calls a meeting of parents and is discussed that if the school has a low registration, there should be no social blasphemy problems.
The decision turned out to be successful.
It is very beneficial for students, after a prolonged break from school.”