Fri. Mar 29th, 2024

The covid pandemic in India has affected the school students tremendously. Communicating and connecting with the parents and students isis considered crucial to move ahead in the academic schedule. The education department held a national conference in this regard.

Ashoka University organized a conference titled, “Future of Schools: Overcoming COVID and Beyond”. The education authorities have been trying to ease out the stress to the students, said Anita Karwal, Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy in a statement.

She further added to the statement that around 24 crore children have been affected in the school education system throughout the country. They were more concerned about the mental well-being of the students. To support the students in mental health the government has initiated the launch of the Manodarpan website which contains a lot of resources for psychological support. In addition to that, a toll-free number has been created to help all the students. They have also planned to organize an interactive chat platform for students in the near future.

The secretary further reported that the center is working towards an online mode of education in schools.

Karwal also stated in a conference that there have been many issues arising in the online mode of education. To mention a few, students are made to sit for almost seven hours a day in front of the screen, and moreover most of the families possess only one compatible device to aid the students and much more.

Shiladitya Ghosh, director of N.H. Goel World School, Raipur, alerted regarding the requirements of under-resourced schools. She mentioned in a statement that only a few children have access to WhatsApp and other online applications. Hence an alternate solution has to be found.

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