Chennai: College campuses will be reopened on September 1 and institutions plan to continue teaching hybrids, by holding most lab classes directly.
To follow physical distance norms, universities can begin with practical classes for PG students and the second third year of the third year for the first few weeks.
Students will return to the classroom after more than four months.
City College decided on schedules and syllabus for online classes, offline and checking the willingness of students to return to campus.
The Department of Higher Education has not issued a detailed standard operating procedure for institutions.
The government has made mandatory vaccination for all teaching and non-teaching staff to continue the physical class.
Dg Vaishnav College has decided to call students’ flow of science to campus first.
“We will divide our syllabus into a topic of the two theories and practical.
The topic of theory will be taught online and the topic that is practically oriented will be taught directly,” said S Santhosh Baboo, principle.
The head of the college department will meet on Monday to discuss other aspects of the reopening.
Madras Christian College plans to first conduct training camps for students to complete practices and tasks that require field visits because they need to be done face to face.
“We intend to continue the classroom class online.
Physical class will only be a laboratory course to start,” said Paul Wilson, the principal.
Some colleges such as Ethiraj College for women anticipate the reopening after the announcement to reopen the school came and began preparing faster.
“We will have a physical class on alternative days, with 50% of students,” said S Kothai, principle.
The Hybrid model will be ideal for the first few months, said Loyola College Principal Thomas Amirtham.
“Having a rotational physical class will challenge for college like us because we have a large number of students from outside TN.
So students must be allowed to choose between online and physical classes.
We also waited for detailed SOPs from the Ministry of Higher Education,” he said.
College engineering has more hostels and must plan it before reopening the campus.
R M Kishore, Deputy Chairperson of the RMK Engineering College in Chennai, said the college would examine the willingness of students to return to campus before planning a physical class.
“The second student has now attended a physical class for only one week.
Most of them really want to return to campus,” he said.