Online classes to end in most Rajasthan schools after gap of 18 months
Representative Image. JAIPUR: The reopening of schools with full capacity from Monday will see an end to the online classes in majority of the schools running since Covid hit the nation last March.
The low and middle income level schools have decided to keep only offline classes as the online classes were not suitable for their children.
“Many of our students were not regular owing to availability of mobile phones and internet data. I hope that parents will cooperate and soon classes will run with full bloom,” said Khan.
The state has 35,500 private schools with less than 1,000 schools are those which are well equipped to run online classes and parents to provide logistical support to their wards.
The elite schools will be keeping the offline classes still optional for some more time considering the concerns of a section of parents.
Damodar Goyal, president of the Society for Private Unaided Schools of Rajasthan, said, “The hybrid formula of online and offline classes will continue to run in our schools. Many parents have contended that marriage season and the rise in Covid cases have raised apprehensions in their minds. Most of the schools have gained expertise in running online classes have made parents satisfied to an extent they might not send their wards for some more time.”
The majority of the parents are ready to send their wards while some contend that the rise in Covid cases post-Diwali in the country makes the reopening, not a suitable option.
Iram Parihar, a mother of two daughters is set to send her elder daughter to school from Monday. “You have to trust the government and the schools. I believe that cases are under control and in future if we see any rise in cases I am sure the school and government will take prompt action,” said Parihar.
The low and middle income level schools have decided to keep only offline classes as the online classes were not suitable for their children.
Cheering the government decision, Jameel Khan, director of We Can Kindersley group of schools, said that imparting education through online mode turned out to be challenging for their parents who come from low-income groups.
“Many of our students were not regular owing to availability of mobile phones and internet data. I hope that parents will cooperate and soon classes will run with full bloom,” said Khan.
The state has 35,500 private schools with less than 1,000 schools are those which are well equipped to run online classes and parents to provide logistical support to their wards.
The elite schools will be keeping the offline classes still optional for some more time considering the concerns of a section of parents.
Damodar Goyal, president of the Society for Private Unaided Schools of Rajasthan, said, “The hybrid formula of online and offline classes will continue to run in our schools. Many parents have contended that marriage season and the rise in Covid cases have raised apprehensions in their minds. Most of the schools have gained expertise in running online classes have made parents satisfied to an extent they might not send their wards for some more time.”
The majority of the parents are ready to send their wards while some contend that the rise in Covid cases post-Diwali in the country makes the reopening, not a suitable option.
Iram Parihar, a mother of two daughters is set to send her elder daughter to school from Monday. “You have to trust the government and the schools. I believe that cases are under control and in future if we see any rise in cases I am sure the school and government will take prompt action,” said Parihar.
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