COVID-19 Impact: Punjab education department begins classes via DD Punjabi
For students of class 1 to 5, the lessons will be from 9 am to 10.40 am. For students of Class 6-12, the classes will be from 10.40 am to 4 pm.
COVID-19 Impact: The Punjab school education department commenced TV classes through the DD Punjabi channel for students of Class 1-12 from May 5 onwards. Talking about the decision, the education department officials said, it will help in making up for the academic loss that was caused by the closure of schools due to the raging COVID-19 pandemic in the state. On April 4, Punjab Education minister Vijay Inder Singla said that the government gave consent to conduct classes for students through DD Punjabi.
According to the information released, “For students of class 1 to 5, the lessons will be from 9 am to 10.40 am. For students of Class 6-12, the classes will be from 10.40 am to 4 pm. The daily schedule of these DD Punjabi classes will be sent to the students a day in advance, through the respective school principals and teachers.”
As compared to last year, the department now has more experience with online learning, Secretary of School Education, Krishan Kumar said.
According to the Director of State Council for Education Research and Training (SCERT), Jagtar Singh, the state broadcasted a total of 4,189 lectures on pre-primary to Class 12 on DD Punjabi — which included stream-wise lectures for English, Hindi, Mathematics, Punjabi Science, Social Studies and Welcome Life.
Apart from this, the education department also developed the Punjab Educare app, through which teachers can upload their lectures. Online classes will be available for students of government schools, as well as those associated and affiliated schools of the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB)
“The students will be able to access these classes on DD Punjabi Free Dish Channel number 22, Airtel Dish Channel number 572, Videocon D2H Channel number 791, Tata Sky Channel number 1949. Fastway’s Channel number 39, Dish TV Channel number 1169, Sun Direct’s Channel number 670 and Reliance Big TV channel number 950, “ The department informed.
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