Maharashtra Government allows online classes for pre-primary, Classes 1,2
Maharashtra government directs schools to conduct online classes for all classes from pre-primary to class 12.
The Maharashtra government has asked schools to conduct the online classes for pre-primary, Class 1 and Class 2 students daily for 30-minutes. The government has directed schools to conduct the classes five days a week. The decision comes considering the coronavirus situation in the country because of which schools have been closed since mid-March 2020 as a preventive measure. The state government has earlier decided not to conduct online classes starting from June 15 for these classes. However, now the government has decided to conduct online sessions for all classes from pre-primary to Class 12.
Accordingly, the pre-primary classes will be conducted daily from Monday to Friday for 30 minutes in which the teachers will interact and guide parents of the students. For Classes 1 and 2, there will be two sessions of total 30 minutes. The first 15-minute session will be for interaction and training of parents and the second session will be activity-based learning for students. For Classes 3 to 8, there will be two sessions of 45 minutes each every day. For Classes 9 to 12, there will be up to four sessions of 45 minutes each every day, state School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad said.
The state government had earlier released the duration of online classes according to that for Classes 3 to 5 online session will be for one hour and for Classes 6 and above it will be two hours.
After the outbreak of COVID-19, the state government decided it was not possible to open schools, but had authorised district collectors, municipal commissioners and school managements to take a decision considering the prevailing situation.
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