Govt. teachers can now work from home
The School Education Department has mentioned that teachers of presidency and government-aided colleges is not going to have to return to the campuses from May 1.
While they await an announcement to be made in regards to the board examination schedule for Class 12 college students, teachers might work from their houses and information the scholars, a round from S. Kannappan, Director, School Education Department, mentioned.
The round additional mentioned teachers dealing with different courses might assist these college students with regard to the bridge programs being telecast on Kalvi TV and associated assets, by reaching out to them by means of WhatsApp, telephone calls or different digital and alternate modes from home.
For college students of different courses, the Department is trying to bridge the training hole by means of bridge programs which can be being telecast on Kalvi TV. It had distributed assets, similar to workbooks, for a similar.
To put together colleges for the following educational 12 months and to debate the training ranges of the scholars, Mr. Kannappan mentioned that the teachers is perhaps anticipated to return to high school in direction of the top of May, and separate directions for a similar can be issued later.
Schools have been shut in March 2020 owing to the pandemic, and this 12 months, colleges reopened for Classes 9-12 alone. Schools have been subsequently shut for college students of Classes 11th of September in March, owing to the rising variety of COVID-19 instances throughout the State. Students of Class 12, who have been coming to colleges, have been additionally requested to remain home after they accomplished their sensible exams final week.
Several teachers had raised issues about being requested to return to high school regardless of there being no college students on campus and had mentioned that the rise in COVID-19 instances was worrying.