Maharashtra Government ties up with Google to impart education online

Maharashtra government ties-up with Google to provide online education to students. Read further to know more.

Maharashtra government has announced that it has partnered with Google to provide online education to the students in the state. Students and teachers will get access to Google Classroom and G Suite for Education that will provide solutions to support remote learning. It will allow teachers to have interactive sessions, where they will explain the lessons and students will be able to ask their doubts while sitting at home. Students will also be able to upload the Homework and which can later be checked by teachers online said, state officials. 

The project was launched by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on August 6 and will cover over 1.09 lakh Government, Private, Aided, and Un-aided schools, and it will benefit over 22.03 million students. Schools across the state have been kept closed since mid-March, due to coronavirus outbreak in the country. In order to avoid any academic loss of students, this move by the government will prove significant. In July, the state government allowed students from Class 1 to 8 to attend online classes so that they can start their academic year while at home. However, initiating online classes posed a problem, officials said.

“Maharashtra is the first state in the country that is launching such a project. Coronavirus has forced us to adopt the changes that were supposed to come in the future,” Thackeray said while launching the project online.

“Google Classroom and G Suite, which will be available free of cost, are the tools that allow the education institutes to conduct interactive sessions. Around 250 participants can attend it at a time. Teachers can make their audio or video presentations; students can clear their doubts, and upload homework and assignments. Even parents can submit their complaints or suggestions through the system,” said Dinkar Patil, director, Maharashtra State Council of Educational Research and Training (MSCERT).

“We are beginning with the training of the teachers. As many as 40,000 teachers will be the master trainers for the remaining 2 lakh teachers. Once, training is completed, students will be asked to register their mobile numbers, and will get notifications with details of each session,” Patil added.

School education minister Varsha Gaikwad said, “We have got responses from 1.34 lakh teachers within 48 hours after floating an invitation link for Google Classroom training. The process of teacher training is going to be started on August 7. We are turning the crisis into an opportunity.”

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