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‘Only 2.51% of govt. school students have access to a computer or laptop’
Only about half of the coed inhabitants of presidency faculties within the Union Territory have entry to devices and web connection.
This is making it troublesome for the Education Department to rely on one online platform to have digital courses through the COVID-19 lockdown.
A ‘Device Availability Survey’ performed by the division throughout distribution of meals safety allowance revealed that solely 2.51% of presidency faculty college students had entry to a pc or a laptop computer within the Union Territory.
Students having tablets are confined to 0.89% and smartphone with web connection to 47.98% whereas 10.42% of the scholars have entry to a smartphone with out web connection.
Even within the case of entry to tv units, the numbers should not too snug, given the Union Territory’s standing of a better per capita revenue place.
While 67.41% of the scholars have entry to televisions units with cable connection, solely 20.83% of scholars have entry to tv units with DTH connection.
When it comes to button cellphone, 52.13% of the scholars have entry to the gadget. Students having entry to radio is barely 10.81%, the survey stated.
Director of School Education P.T. Rudra Goud informed Puucho News that the digital divide posed a major challenge in conducting online courses.
“We will have to plan a multi-mode strategy where people can access study materials through television. We have already directed the students to watch Kalvi channel of Tamil Nadu. Since the syllabus is the same, the students can benefit from watching the channel,” he stated.
The division could be additionally sharing recorded movies of topics defined by the academics, he stated. “Blended modes of transmission will be considered to ensure maximum reach,” he stated.
On the partial resumption of academic actions in excessive faculties, Mr. Goud stated there was good response from the scholars. “Only one student got infected with coronavirus and the transmission was from outside school,” he stated.
The division additionally issued present trigger discover to Kavi Bharathi School at {K}.T. Kuppam close to Madagadipet for not following tips. “Inspection by our team revealed that the school authorities were not following social distancing norms. The team will be again visiting the school on Friday,” he stated.
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