Corornavirus Outbreak: Schools, colleges
likely to remain closed after April 14
PM Modi on Wednesday hinted that the
Centre in all likelihood will be extending the nationwide lockdown, which means
schools and colleges will remain shut for a longer period of time.
India Today Web Desk | New Delhi | April
10, 2020
We have now 6000 plus novel coronavirus
cases in India. With the ongoing Pan-India lockdown and all other restrictions,
the outbreak is spreading like a wildfire. In the midst of the ongoing
outbreak, Prime Minister Modi on Wednesday hinted that the Centre in all
likelihood will be extending the nationwide lockdown that is supposed to end on
April 14. PM Modi reportedly said that he would consult with Chief Ministers
but by all accounts the lifting of the lockdown is not possible’. And if that
happens, then automatically, schools and colleges will also remain closed for a
longer period of time.
A few days back the Odisha government
declared that they will be extending the lockdown. With this, the government
also announced that all schools and colleges will remain close till June 17,
2020. The government has said that the lockdown has been extended till April
30, 2020.
Karnataka panel has also suggested
extending lockdown at the hot spots beyond April 14, 2020, along with shutting
all schools and colleges till May 31, 2020. With this, a group of ministers has
also suggested that all the educational institutions should remain closed till
May 15, 2020, so as to stop the spread of Coronavirus Outbreak.
CBSE has suggested various ways of the new
way of education. Here are some of the highlights to keep in mind:
• Shift
focus from schooling only at schools’ to school-home collaboration for
learning’. There can be no better time than this to move beyond the customary
parent-teacher meetings and invite parents to a much deeper and long-term
relationship in their child’s progress on the learning curve.
• Head
centric role learning must be converted into experimental learning. Now is the
time to reintroduce learning by doing’, to tilt the balance away from head
heavy theoretical education
• It
is now the time to take this task on as a lesson in space management, time
management, and self-management. Advise children in the upkeep of their homes.
This shall inspire them to take responsibility to manage their classrooms,
labs, and libraries and also help them to manage their enviornment better in
the future
• The
importance of greeting with folded hands or Namaste, out food habits and the
Ayurveda systems, Yoga, etc are being appreciated worldwide. Encourge the
students to do projects on Indian art, language, and culture as apart of their
sharpening their understanding on the sustainable aspects of out culture.
• It
is also the time to embrace technology. Make judicious use of it to work with
the students and parents, Online classes synced with the normal timetable that you
followed while in school, without adequate planning and preparation from
teachers, parents, and students, may give more stress without any positive
outcomes.
Board exams likely to get delayed further
Now if the lockdown will extend, not only
the schools and colleges will remain closed for a longer period of time but
also this means that the board examinations including that of CBSE are likely
to be delayed further.
In March, CBSE, along with major boards
like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh,
Rajasthan, Odisha, and Andhra Pradesh had postponed the class 10 and class 12
board exams to prevent the spread of Coronavirus Outbreak.
Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/corornavirus-outbreak-schools-colleges-likely-to-remain-close-after-april-14-1665468-2020-04-10
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