Tocurtail the loss of education of students due to closure of schools, PunjabEducation Minister, Mr. Vijay Inder Singla has given the consent to conductonline classes through D D Punjabi.
Disclosingthis, a spokesperson of the school education department said that under thesupervision of Secretary, School Education Punjab, Mr. Krishan Kumar, theonline classes are starting from May 5 through D.D. Punjabi. The SecretarySchool Education said that as per the instructions issued regarding Covid-19,the students cannot come to the schools.
Therefore,the arrangements have been made to impart online education to the students. Hesaid that TV classes for students from class I to V. will be from 9 a.m. to10.40 a.m. and for Class VI to Class XII will be from 10.40 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thedaily schedule of these DD Punjabi classes will be sent to the students one dayin advance through the school principal and the concerned teachers.
TheSecretary School Education also informed that when the Corona epidemic hit lastyear, the department did not have much preparation, but still many teachers hadset up online classes. Now the department has more experience and the teachershave learned a lot from last year's hard work, which will be beneficial for thestudents.
DirectorState Council for Education Research and Training, Mr. Jagtar Singh informedthat last year 4189 lectures on pre-primary to XII class were broadcasted on DDPunjabi. It also included stream wise lectures for English, Hindi, Mathematics,Punjabi Science, Social Studies and Welcome Life.
Apartfrom this the education department has also developed Punjab Educare app,through which the teachers have uploaded their lectures. He said that Studentsof government schools as well as associated and affiliated schools of PunjabSchool Education Board will also be able to avail online classes through DDPunjabi.
Thespokesperson said that students will be able to conduct these classes on DDPunjabi Free Dish Channel No. 22, Airtel Dish Channel No. 572, Videocon D2HChannel No. 791, Tata Sky Channel No. 1949. Fastway's Channel 39, Dish TVChannel No. 1169, Sun Direct's Channel No. 670 and Reliance Big TV channelnumber 950.