Bhubaneswar: Amid a decrease in fresh Covid-19 cases, schools throughout Odisha welcomed class X and XII students on Monday.
Thermal checks at the entrance gate, often sanitization, classes of shorter duration are one of the ways adopted by the school to cope with new normal.
With a mask at any time, students will attend five periods from 10am to 1.30pm without rest or recess for five days a week.
There is excitement around him with students and teachers get the opportunity to interact directly in the classroom.
“The presence on the first day is encouraging and all schools have followed the standard operating procedure (SOP) ensuring the security of children,” said School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash.
The state government plans to reopen the school for class IX and XI from August 16 and September 15, the official source said.
However, it is not made mandatory for students to come to school because online classes will continue as before.
“I am very happy to come to school.
In the physical class, we can get Teacher’s attention and cleanse our doubts while online classes have so many limitations.
Meet friends after a few days is also a thing to be entertained even though we follow social distance all the time, said Snigdha Samal, a class X student sitting in a designated chair because their roll number was written with the previous table.
In each class 20-25 students sit followed adequate social distance.
Students are not permitted to gather outside the class during school hours while one student At one time it was permitted to go to the restroom and share stationary items were prohibited.
The teacher was also eager to get students back in schools as they said online teaching could not be a substitute for teaching at school.
We are also both excited when The school is reopened after months.
Attending a physical class It has become very important for class X and XII students because they should not face problems in the council exam.
Students are being promoted to a higher class without appearing for the last two academic exams and do not have the amount based on which they can be promoted on the board.
In addition, their doubts need to be cleaned in physical class, said Sabita Devi, Principal of the University of High School, Bhubaneswar.
Said the teachers, interactions in schools are important for the overall development of students.
Teaching experiences in physical classes are always more satisfying and easier for us too.
Students can understand and understand the lessons better in physical classes compared to online classes.
It has become a difficult time for all of us over the past few months, said Madan Sudan Dey, Principal Debraj Vidyapith here.
Schools throughout the country remained closed for more than 16 months since March last year because pandemics and students have attended online classes.
Although schools in Odisha were reopened for a short period of months in January but were forced to close again due to a massive surge in the case of Covid-19.
Shorter class, there is no break greeting class X and XII on my day
