Online classes have gained momentum in this era of pandemic. Stringent observation by district-level authorities and donations of televisions sets and smartphones by patrons, officials and voluntary organizations to the impoverished children across the State has been a major source of help and motivation for students to engage in the online classes started by the State government on September 1.
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There have been a couple of adverse incidents where students have died by committing suicide since they were unable to access the online classes as their parents couldn’t afford to buy them smartphones or the families didn’t own TVs. But as students’ participation had been encouraging, thanks to the proactive steps taken by the State government, the perception being spread by officials as also donations of TVs and smartphones. Leaders including district Collectors have also been donating smartphones to the less fortuitous students in several districts if a particular situation is brought to their notification.
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In the Agency areas of Kothagudem district, teachers have been made to choose a certain number of students for efficient and continuous monitoring, says T Ramanaiah, ITDA’s Academic and Community Mobilising Officer at Project Monitoring and Resource Cell (PMRC). “Each Ashram school teacher has adopted 15 students while primary school teachers have adopted 10 to ensure that every student attends online classes and to clear their doubts.” ITDA’s Deputy Director (Tribal Welfare) Shaik Zaheeruddin said, “The purpose of adoption duty is to see that no student is left out.”
