Mangaluru: Some educational institutions in coastal districts, to capture the spread of the SARS-COV-2 virus among student populations, following prevention than healing policies.
As a result, college, even though they did not report Covid-19 cases, have shifted to online learning mode.
Some Agnes College here has shifted to online learning mode for second and third year undergraduate students, while the physical class continues for first year students.
“We are doing physical classes and classes in online mode, as precautions to load SARS-COV-2 virus spreads.
Many students live in accommodation or guest hostels outside the campus, have notified that some other inmates have been tested positively.
Do not want to take risks, and decide to switch to mixed learning mode.
This will help stop the spread of the virus among students, “said Sister Venessa, head of the campus school.
“This setting can continue until we complete the final examination of our semester scheduled in a few weeks,” he added.
A few days ago, another hospitality management college located on the outskirts of the city, shifted to online learning mode for some time.
“We were told that the class would be held online for a week, and could continue after that,” said a college student.
The oldest College in the city also holds online classes and inspection, as a precautionary measure.
The campus has not reported positive cases.
The university will take part in the district government guidelines, where directed to close any educational institutions that reported five cases of Covid-19 or more.
He added that colleges had been asked to do online classes during weekend hours.
“This is a good step that colleges shifted to online learning mode as a security measure.
This is the needs of the clock, because the level of its high participation, and the Covid-19 case is expected to peak in a few days,” said Shreya D’Souza, a student management hotel.