Bhubaneswar: Principals of all Higher Secondary Schools in Odisha have been directed to provide online teaching to Class XI and XII students as per the syllabus prescribed by the Directorate of Higher Secondary Education (DHSE).
“The studies of the students of Class-XI and XII may hamper as regular schooling process is disrupted due to COVID-19 pandemic. We have to explore alternate methods of learning, instead of chalk and talk method without breaking the rules and advisories suggested for the situation,” DHSE director Brundaban Behera wrote to the principals.
The school heads have been directed to identify such types of alternate methods for learning.
“Instruct your subject faculties to make WhatsApp groups of their students and deliver their lessons through the app, followed by doubt clearing once in a fortnight,” the letter added.
To help student focus on self-study during this situation, principals have also been asked to instruct their faculties to acquire and provide them to the students to get relevant topics in YouTube and smart online lectures of Byju’s Class, Khan Academy.
The directorate has directed the principals to instruct the faculty members to keep records of their works and later submit a monthly report of the online classes.