Kolhapur: The English Middle School Association (EMSA) has provided a notification to the district collector who said that its members will be closed for a week in accordance with the state government guidelines.
However, they will conduct an offline class starting January 17 with a capacity of 50% because students and parents do not want to continue with online classes.
Ganesh Rebuude, Emsa’s Head, said, “There is a negative opinion about online classes in the minds of parents.
They face several problems including a lack of smartphones, poor network connectivity, students’ doubts are not cleaned during online lectures, etc.
Education Offline in important schools For the right growth of students.
“” In Kolhapur Regency, there are 410 English high schools with 72,000 students and 6,000 teachers.
Schools must be allowed to open a 50% capacity.
If not, these schools will be reopened from January 17.
We have written To the Guardian Minister Patil satej and Rahul Rekhawar District collector, “said Rebuude.
Meanwhile, Satej Patil has said: “The decision to keep the school closed until February 15 has been taken.
This is the right decision given the increase in the number of Covid cases.
Every school found violating the state government guidelines will face strict action.”