Information and technology have bridged the gap between teachers and students who have to keep away from schools during the lockdown.
Most of the schools in the city have adopted the online model of imparting lessons to students.
Instead of whaling away their time at home, students are now following a routine and completing their assignments in time.
“They download assignments and study materials from the school app and WhatsApp groups created by the teachers,” homemaker Punam Devi, whose daughter is a student of DAV Kapil Dev Public School, said on Saturday.
School principal M.K. Sinha said he had been receiving outstanding support from the students and parents.
“The Covid-19 crisis and the consequent lockdown imposed in the country have severely affected classroom teaching. My school abided by the guidelines of our director Dr J.P. Shoor and started teaching students from classes LKG to XII online,” Sinha said.
He said the school had prepared a syllabus, chapter-wise summary, questionnaire and assignments that were made available to students through WhatsApp.
“Teachers are giving prompt responses to the doubts and queries raised by the students through WhatsApp. Every class has its own WhatsApp group and admin. Printed materials and videos in sync with the prescribed syllabus are also be provided by the teachers,” Sinha said.
Principal of Delhi Public School Ram Singh said they started imparting online lessons from Friday.
“We are sending scanned pages of books and other study materials to students through the school app. Once the lockdown is over, we will discuss the doubts that the students might face while studying and sort them out,” Singh said.
Principal of Loyola Convent Paramita Saha said conducting classes through WhatsApp came with its own hurdles, but it was the only mode of communication between the teachers and students during the lockdown.
“We have made a transition to online teaching after government officials ordered schools be closed until further notice on March 17,” Saha said.