Kolkata: After schools, several colleges
in the city and elsewhere in West Bengal are holding online classes for their
students following the state government notice to either advance summer
vacation or entirely shift classes to the virtual mode due to the summer heat. Several
teachers are taking online classes from the field which person Wi-Fi
connectivity, the spokespersons of the colleges told PTI Saturday.
Principal of government-run Lady Brabourne
College, Siuli Sarkar told PTI "We have completely shifted to online
classes in all disciplines and they will continue till the scheduled vacation
begins from the third week of May". She said the college campus is not
closed and their staffs are coming for academic and administrative work. Many
teachers of the college are conducting online classes from classrooms, while
others are doing so from their homes. "Only students are not supposed to
come till the end of the vacation during mid June," the principal of the
prestigious women's college said.
The government had in a notice on April 27
instructed educational institutions to advance summer vacation to May 2 or hold
classes in the virtual mode in view of the summer. However, the temperature
cooled due to back to back Nor'westers after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's announcement
on this. Schools and colleges had reopened in February after being closed for
about two years due to the pandemic. Principal of St Xavier's College, Father
Dominic Savio said while classes are being held online, practical examinations
and submission of projects will be done physically in the campus.
"The college library and office are open
from Monday to Friday as is usual," he added. A spokesperson of
Barrackpore Surendranath College said "We have switched to the online mode
from May 2 so far as holding classes are concerned. But meeting with parents,
submission of projects, practicals are being held on scheduled days." A
spokesperson of West Bengal College and University Professors Association said
all colleges in city and elsewhere in south Bengal are conducting virtual
classes.
Privately-run schools, which had decided to
continue in the offline mode despite the notice of state education department
on April 27 to declare summer vacation in view of the heat, switched over to
online mode from May 6. The state government had on May 5 directed that the
private schools should abide by the guidelines keeping in mind the threat to
the health of students due to the extreme summer heat.
The Samagra Shiksha Mission of the West
Bengal schools education department said principals of the recognised
self-financed institutions managed by private bodies should conduct classes in
the online mode if required. It should be done without disturbing the
examinations held by the Board of Secondary Education or the Council of Higher
Secondary Education.
The students due to summer heat are home so
they can look out for themselves and their expenses as they are home. Campus
Street empowers students to buy and sell stationary items as well as
handicrafts along with that paintings, sketching, writings, animations and
other such skills are highlighted at Campus Street. The purpose behind all this
to make the student earn from his or her college times itself and be a
“Studentpreneur”
Written
by Eeshwari Jedhe
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