Raichur: This battle for the screen time between parents and children.
With the Karnataka government on Monday launching online classes for state syllabus schools for this academic year, some children struggle to get their screen time quota since their parents are fixated on TV devices to watch their favorite program or teleserial.
Therefore, government teachers have conducted a door campaign to the door in several villages from North Karnataka Regency in the last two weeks, urging parents who watched the party to keep their TV away when the school video was aired in the Doordarshan Chandana which was managed by the state channel so Their children get access to education.
The government, for now, continues with the online teaching module even though the number of fresh covid infections in the state has seen encouragement in two to the last three weeks.
The teachers part of this campaign talked about their experience in Raichur Regency and said the love of parents for the series had come in a student learning.
Online class starts at 8 am and is scheduled for different time slots for different classes for elementary and secondary school children.
As part of a conscious campaign, the teacher talks with parents and attaches online class schedules in villages so that their TV time does not collide with their children.
Vidhya, a teacher from the lower Bangarabandi elementary school in this district, said that he had called every parent in his school with a strong application that they gave priority to children’s education by skipping or suspending their TV time.
“Some parents are extensively watching serials, monopolizing the time of the screen in the family.
For families like that, I have a schedule, so parents can accommodate the school video capsules,” Vidhya added.
R Indira, blocking Devadurga educational officials Taluk, told TOI that hundreds of students in elementary and secondary schools lost learning experiences mainly due to lack of access to TV.
In some cases, the teacher has asked students without television to go to their neighbor’s homes and watch online classes.
Gram Panchayats made announcements in villages about online class schedules.
In addition to a door-to-door visit, Girija, another teacher, said he spread awareness about the social media platform about the role of parents in making children sitting in front of the TV.