Pune: Teachers and students cannot arrive at consensus on whether they want college to be reopened or not.
A group of teachers and students said the college had to reopen at least for a practical session, while others claim that students have gained online classes and that that there is nothing wrong with continuing with digital learning mode at least for the next month or until the Covid case 19 in the city reduced.
Maharashtra Minister of Higher Education and Technical Uday Samant on Friday tweeted that his department has sent a proposal about the reopening of the college to the office of the minister’s chairman and the final decision will be taken after CM approved the plan.
Kuldeep Amekkar, a third year law student, said he wanted a college to be reopened, but there might be some students who might not want it because of Covid-19 cases increased.
Colleges must ensure hybrid learning modes.
In college, there are no textbooks specified like that.
We must refer to a different book.
Buying all this book is not possible and we need a library.
But with college remains closed, there are many problems.
In addition, the way we understand the topic during offline lectures cannot be compensated in online mode.
In addition, practices cannot be held online, “said Amkarkar.
A parent of a second year engineering student said he preferred his daughter to lose class rather than going to campus and exposed to the virus.” Covid case triggered by the Omicron variant increased rapidly.
Apart from maximum prevention measures, there are cases of infection in each housing community.
My daughter is fine with online class.
I think the college should not be reopened for physical classes until the Covid curve leveled, “Parents said.