Online edu in local dialects ups attendance in Bokaro

Bokaro: To make online classes more interesting for students during Covid-19 times, the district education department is creating subject-wise content in local dialects, including Khortha, Bangla and Nagpuri.
The new way of teaching is yielding good results as the attendance of online classes is growing. Students said studying geography, civics and other literatures-based subjects in their mother-tongue is unique and appealing and most importantly, easy to understand.
Though online classes in local dialects have been started on an experimental basis, the education department is contemplating its continuation after getting a good response.
“We have started online classes in all our 1,560 government schools from last week, but found the attendance was very poor. So we thought of being creative and began online classes in Khortha, Bangla and Nagpuri. It worked and the participation of students has doubled,” said Neelam Eleen Toppo, district education officer.
Teachers also found it has increased the understanding power of students who are now finding it easier to remember the lessons. There are about 3.24 lakhs students studying in government schools in the district. The online classes are conducted for the students of Classes I to XII. The content are being prepared after assessing the most-spoken dialect of a particular area.
Toppo said government is taking positive initiatives towards providing digital education to the children. Teachers working in various government schools of the district are creating digital content in 12 subjects.
She added that in order to workout the plan, they created a WhatsApp group of 367 teachers working in various government schools across the district. Of them, 143 were finally selected to produce the digital content.
The circulation after developing the digital contents is being done through WhatsApp groups of each subject created separately.