Scale-up online education system in the state during lockdown: Bihar Chief Minister to officials

With schools, colleges, and educational institutions being closed for two months now, the Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has stressed upon expanding the online system in the state to ensure students do not suffer any academic loss.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said that there is an urgent need to expand the online education system in the state as all educational institutions around the state have been keeping closed for around two months because of the coronavirus lockdown.

He also directed the concerned authority to broadcast virtual content to students through Doordarshan Bihar and take necessary steps to increase the time slot on the channel to provide class-wise educational lessons to all the students.

"The education department should also develop e-content for classes I to V on the lines of classes VI to XII and post syllabus of various classes on the website for helping students in their studies," the chief minister said in a meeting.

The meeting was held to discuss how the state can benefit from the Centre’s Rs 20 lakh crore economic package.

The Chief Minister also asked the officials to get the ration cards of all the eligible families made at the earliest and ensure that they are also linked up with Aadhaar, as it will help in getting them the benefits under the ‘One nation, one card’ scheme.