HYDERABAD: From September 1 onwards, Telangana will begin its alternative academic year, that is, online classes for government school children from kindergarten to class XII.
It is estimated that there are around 24 lakh school children, a majority of whom, come from marginalised communities.
The state government has come up with a collaborative adjustment learning system for e-education that is made available on Doordarshan, T-SAT network and the internet.
The Directorate of School Education (DSE) Telangana released proceedings in which, headmasters from schools in remote villages were directed to make alternative arrangments. That is by categorising and identifying the number of school children based on the availability of e-education resources (TV/smartphones/internet connectivity/laptop) they possess.
"They can learn at a friends house who has a TV or smartphone. Anyway, this is not the beginning of the official academic year, so students from remote areas will not be affected as the gram panchayat would help them make collaborative arrangments. It is an alternative academic year. The modalities for re-opening schools are being worked out and would be based on the directions made by the central government," an official source from the DSE said.
The government directed gram panchayat and district education officers are to arrange collaborative screening programmes for students who don't have access to any of the resources for e-learning.
T-SAT network will now be available on Bharti Airtel DTH and Airtel Xstream App. The channel remained largely inaccessible as it was only available on cable TV, until recently.
Highlights:
Class -- screening time/ day