HYDERABAD: Even as the entire focus is on online classes in this pandemic, as many as 46,586 students out of 1,10,615 in academic session began on September 1 with online classes for all school students.
Samagra Shiksha, an overarching programme for school education sector, said
with digital devices as on September 12. Seventy-three gram panchayats, one library, 16 volunteers, 98 peers and nine volunteers were used for digital mapping of these students, it said.
Hyderabad district have no access to digital classes.
Teachers said the government should come to the aid of students who have already missed classes in the last fortnight. Telangana’s 2020-21 only 18,311 students were mapped
Make alternative arrangements: Teachers
The survey of Samagra Shiksha has also revealed that as many as 16,286 students in Hyderabad district have a TV with DD/cable/DTH at home and 11,345 students have access to a smartphone with Internet. A total of 17,307 students are said to be having at least one digital device, while 780 students have desktop/laptop with an Internet connection.
Teachers said the government should have taken up the survey to find out the status of students with digital resources before June and made alternative arrangements for those students not having digital devices.
“Most of the DTH providers are still not offering the TSAT channel. The government should either make it mandatory for all DTHs to provide the channel or telecast lessons through Doordarshan for more hours so that more students can access the lessons,” said M Ravinder, president, Telangana Progressive Teachers’ Federation.
Teachers also said lessons for English and Urdu mediums should be planned and the schedule shared immediately so that all the students could start attending the online classes. “Officials should arrange a TV in school, community hall or any public place so that students who are not mapped yet can attend classes there,” said Chava Ravi of Telangana State United Teachers’ Federation.
Samagra Shiksha, an overarching programme for school education sector, said
with digital devices as on September 12. Seventy-three gram panchayats, one library, 16 volunteers, 98 peers and nine volunteers were used for digital mapping of these students, it said.
Hyderabad district have no access to digital classes.
Teachers said the government should come to the aid of students who have already missed classes in the last fortnight. Telangana’s 2020-21 only 18,311 students were mapped
Make alternative arrangements: Teachers
The survey of Samagra Shiksha has also revealed that as many as 16,286 students in Hyderabad district have a TV with DD/cable/DTH at home and 11,345 students have access to a smartphone with Internet. A total of 17,307 students are said to be having at least one digital device, while 780 students have desktop/laptop with an Internet connection.
Teachers said the government should have taken up the survey to find out the status of students with digital resources before June and made alternative arrangements for those students not having digital devices.
“Most of the DTH providers are still not offering the TSAT channel. The government should either make it mandatory for all DTHs to provide the channel or telecast lessons through Doordarshan for more hours so that more students can access the lessons,” said M Ravinder, president, Telangana Progressive Teachers’ Federation.
Teachers also said lessons for English and Urdu mediums should be planned and the schedule shared immediately so that all the students could start attending the online classes. “Officials should arrange a TV in school, community hall or any public place so that students who are not mapped yet can attend classes there,” said Chava Ravi of Telangana State United Teachers’ Federation.
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