Bhubaneswar: The school department and mass education on Wednesday asked private schools in the city to comply with guidelines issued to reopen schools and provide online, offline and hybrid mode options for classes.
Some schools have issued a notification to conduct an inspection only offline.
“Schools cannot violate the guidelines issued by the Department and Special Assistance Commissioner.
If there are schools to be found to violate the guidelines, strict action will be taken against them,” said Bishnupada Setyhi, school and the secretary of the mass education.
The Secondary Education Directorate on Wednesday issued a notification case to Dav Public School, Chandrasekharpur for violating the guidelines and giving notice to students and parents about periodic valuation behavior from February 12 in offline mode.
“Because the suspension of offline classes for a long time, many students may face social-emotional problems and may also be a shortage of readiness to deal with offline checks immediately after reopening the school.
Checking offline mode may be a stressful cause for students.
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The notification also mentioned that, according to the order of government, it was clear that students would have the option to take the exam even though offline or online mode or hybrid.
However, when contacted by the school authority they say, it is a printing error on the notification, but online notifications released for parents have both choices.
“We have revised the notification and have sent it to parents,” “Informed School authority.
The Directorate of Basic Education also issued a notification to Loyola School on Wednesday because it followed government guidelines in schools that were reopened after parents contradicted not to have an online and offline exam mode.
City schools say more than 70% of students from class I to IX choose online exam mode.
Towards the final examination of several schools in the city have begun to issue notifications to parents of their agreement for offline exams.
If parents choose an online exam, they are expected to give a reason for it.
“We accept parents’ opinions for online, offline or hybrid exams.
We are surprised to see that a large number of students and parents choose online check mode.
Maybe in the past two years they become comfortable attending classes and appears for exams in online mode at home.
Offline also has a thin presence compared to government schools, “said Nilakantha Panigrahy, Principal of Sai International School.
Parents are also worried about sending children to school until all children are vaccinated.
Although Daily Covid cases have dropped significantly and the patient covid children recover quickly, parents are afraid that younger children may not follow the rules of safety in the classroom.
“This is why most children choose online exams.
They need time for children to adjust to offline or physical classes when they return to school after a two-year gap,” Sumitra Biswas, Loyola School’s parents.
