Hyderabad: TRSMA to launch online classes for 30 lakh students

Hyderabad: The Telangana Recognised School Managements Association (TRSMA), State president Y Sekhara Rao said that the association has decided to launch online classes to about 30 lakh students studying in nearly 11,000 budget schools on its own.

Speaking to The Hans India, he said a decision to this effect has been taken considering the learning gap growing among the students which would adversely affect them.

Dismissing the allegation levelled against the schools launching the online classes to collect a fee, he said that the budget schools have been serving the students through online in the most troublesome times. "Students are away from the schools for about 90 days. In turn, this will hurt their learning process.

The gap in the learning would make them divert to other things. Further, it will take a lot of time for the schools to bring them back to connect to the learning process."

It was against this backdrop the association held a meeting on Sunday to deliberate how to handle the issue of challenges posed by the lockdown and the State government not yet permitted to reopening of schools and its impact on the students studying in the budget schools in the State.

After considering all aspects, it was decided to launch online classes to all the students studying in the budget schools from Classes VI to X, he added.

However, it would be difficult for each school to run the online classes due to the resources constraints. Against this backdrop, the TRSMA decided to set up its own studio and other infrastructure needed for production and conducting the online classes.

Sekhara Rao said that there are also other issues like providing teachers who do not have desktops, laptops and data connectivity.

That apart, even from the students-end, there may be similar issues, because, most of the students attending the budget schools are from the lower middle class and the poorer sections of the society. Further, they need supervision by parents during the online classes.

The association has also decided to address the issue to ensure using different ways and means to come over the digital divide problem plugging the teachers and students.

"We are considering blending both the online and off-line modes, besides using the other platforms. Once the schools are permitted to reopen, then, we will ensure that the students are not lagging behind from those attended the online classes," he added.