PATNA: Many parents are not satisfied with the way some private schools in the city are conducting online classes for kids. They believe that children in the age group of 4 to 7 years have a short attention span and it is difficult to make them sit in front of the computer to learn words, numbers and short poems.
Puja Sah, whose daughter studies in UKG at Bishop Scott Girls’ School, feels it is tough to control kids. “My daughter waves at the teacher in the beginning of the class and begins running here and there after 10 minutes. I really have to force her to attend the classes,” she complained.
Anand Jaiswal said his daughter had started forgetting whatever she had learned in LKG. “Sometimes she writes ‘d’ instead of ‘b’ and ‘p’ instead of ‘q’. She pronounces the alphabets correctly though. Teaching my kid at home is difficult as she does not pay attention to anything,” he added.
Budh Marg resident Parvez Ahmad told this newspaper that his kid’s school only uploaded lessons and videos to WhatsApp groups, “which is of no help”. “The school and the teachers do not care if the students are learning anything. They will conduct an exam in which the class teacher will upload the questions to WhatsApp at 7am on July 23 and the kids will submit the answers by 8.30am the same day. How will they know who answered the questions,” he asked.
Another parent, Snehal, narrated how difficult it was to convince her five-year-old son to attend online classes. She said, “I have to give him chocolates and toys otherwise he gets jittery and starts crying.”
Meanwhile, schools claimed that kids would soon adapt to the new normal amid the Covid-19 lockdown.
Litera Valley School principal Sharat Kumar Singh pointed out that teachers were using techniques like puppets, mimicry and rhymes to grab the attention of kids during online classes.
Director of Bishop Scott Group, Shailesh Kumar, said, “Since nobody knows when the schools will reopen, it is high time students adapted to the new normal.”
Puja Sah, whose daughter studies in UKG at Bishop Scott Girls’ School, feels it is tough to control kids. “My daughter waves at the teacher in the beginning of the class and begins running here and there after 10 minutes. I really have to force her to attend the classes,” she complained.
Anand Jaiswal said his daughter had started forgetting whatever she had learned in LKG. “Sometimes she writes ‘d’ instead of ‘b’ and ‘p’ instead of ‘q’. She pronounces the alphabets correctly though. Teaching my kid at home is difficult as she does not pay attention to anything,” he added.
Budh Marg resident Parvez Ahmad told this newspaper that his kid’s school only uploaded lessons and videos to WhatsApp groups, “which is of no help”. “The school and the teachers do not care if the students are learning anything. They will conduct an exam in which the class teacher will upload the questions to WhatsApp at 7am on July 23 and the kids will submit the answers by 8.30am the same day. How will they know who answered the questions,” he asked.
Another parent, Snehal, narrated how difficult it was to convince her five-year-old son to attend online classes. She said, “I have to give him chocolates and toys otherwise he gets jittery and starts crying.”
Meanwhile, schools claimed that kids would soon adapt to the new normal amid the Covid-19 lockdown.
Litera Valley School principal Sharat Kumar Singh pointed out that teachers were using techniques like puppets, mimicry and rhymes to grab the attention of kids during online classes.
Director of Bishop Scott Group, Shailesh Kumar, said, “Since nobody knows when the schools will reopen, it is high time students adapted to the new normal.”
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