During lockdown, CBSE schools connect with students online.

Students of classes 10th and 12th, who will be taking up the board examinations in 2021, CBSE schools in the city have resorted to classes over Zoom, video lessons and online tests to show the syllabus for the upcoming year.CBSE schools generally conduct the primary academic term for a month before shutting down for the summer holidays. As part of the preventive measures taken to avoid the spread of COVID 19 however, all schools are currently shut till the month of September.

“For students who are going to classes 10th and 12th, our teachers have been taking classes on Zoom. Online classes are often tough for college kids to concentrate certain an extended period of your time . So, we’ve scheduled only four hours per day,” said Asha Nathan, principal, Chennai Public School, Anna Nagar.Teachers at Everwin Vidhyashram are asked to record one-hour video lessons in various subjects for college kids of classes 10 and 11, said B. Purushothaman, senior principal, Everwin Group of Schools. “After the video classes are sent, students are going to be given time to succeed in bent their teachers for clarifications also . We’re also getting to send short tests online that oldsters are going to be required to administer to the scholars ,” he added.At Bhavan’s Rajaji Vidyashram, students are given the choice to require up online classes with their teachers through the week. “Teachers have been keeping in touch with the students who will be taking up the board exams next year and online classes have been conducted for batches of students who have shown interest,” said P.G. Subramanian, principal of the school.Mr. Subramanian said that once schools reopen after the summer vacation, it is important that there is no undue pressure on the students and teachers to rush through portions. “Despite the fact that we were not able to have lessons now for these classes, we will be able to make it up in the upcoming academic year with some adjustments. Students should not be under any sort of pressure,” he said. Several schools have also enrolled with coaching academies within the city, which have already got a web curriculum in situ and whose classes the scholars can attend.In a circular about the secondary and senior school curriculum sent out recently, the CBSE has said that the board will consider the possible loss of instructional time thanks to the closure of schools. “Revision if any, required in the syllabus and pattern of exams in various subjects will be chalked out in consultation with the course committees as well as examination committees and will be notified in due course of your time ,” the circular added.

Online learning can be a milestone in lockdown.