Coimbatore: With the offline classes suspended for students to class VIII because of the spread of new omicron variants, private schools once again plan to switch to online mode to ensure that the learning process is not affected.
According to private school management, continuing offline classes will be very important if Omicron remains longer.
The Department of School Education will depend on the newly launched Illam Thedi Kalivi scheme to bridge the learning gap among class I students to VIII.
Although online classes produce limited results, students in the lower class continue to be involved in academic activities until offline classes continued in November.
It’s not like in government schools where students must depend on the textbook and the Kalvi Tholaikatchi scheme.
Students in the lower class in government schools face a serious learning gap.
For example, a child in grade 1 in 2019-20 is now in class III after half of class I and the whole class II is spent at home because of locking.
“But the last two months have been beneficial for teachers to falsify bonds with students, thanks to offline classes,” said a government school teacher from Ukkadam.
Many students cannot recognize their teachers when the offline class continues in November.
“But the gap has been filled.
This is likely to help us in the coming days even if there is no offline class.
But only offline classes can help government school students to learn effectively,” said the teacher.
Educational Officer Head N Geetha said that the department relied on the iLlam Thedi Kalivi program for government school students to track academic activities.
While the selection of volunteers for this scheme is in the final stage in many places, it will be simplified in the coming weeks.
The President of the Tamil Nadu Private School Association R Visalakshi said it would be too early to predict prolonged locking because restrictions were announced only until January 10 “We need to wait at least until the end of January.
We can continue the classroom if Omicron subsides and even if not, we can restart the class Online to track academic activity for students in the lower class, “he said.