Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, July 26

The Education Department, Punjab, has asked the transferred teachers to continue taking online classes of students of schools from where they have been shifted. The department said the classes can be conducted by the teachers through zoom meetings.

A letter in this regard was issued recently by the Secretary, Education. It says that during Covid times, many teachers of various subjects were adjusted here and there as per requirement. But it has come to the notice that the moment they are transferred, the online classes are stopped (of old school/students). This not just causes negative impact on both the students and parents but the students lose interest and regular studies are hit.

The letter says that since everything is going online, it is suggested that the teachers continue to take online classes of both the new as well as old students of the schools from where they have been transferred. And this should continue till the time the vacant post in the old school is filled.

Gurjant Singh, a parent, said some adjustment was done at the school where his son studies and a teacher was posted at another place, so no classes were conducted of that particular subject. “The students must not lose interest in any subject and their classes should be taken regularly till the department fills the vacancies,” he said.

It may be mentioned here that the Education Department is trying hard to attract more students towards the government schools. The department cannot afford to take such steps due to which the trust of parents and students is lost.