Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Aug 27: Dakshina Kannada district deputy commissioner (DC) Dr Rajendra K V, has issued directions against starting under graduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) classes in Dakshina Kannada district till September 15, in the light of the covid19 positivity rate continuing to be high at 2.4 percent. He asked the special officer in the department of collegiate education to hold classes online and not to undertake physical classes till then.
He was speaking after presiding over a meeting about the starting graduate and postgraduate classes in the background of the Covid19 infection. The meeting was held on Thursday August 26 at the auditorium of the deputy commissioner's office on the issue of starting physical classes for graduate and postgraduate courses.
"If the positivity rate in the district falls before September 15, a meeting with the officials of the department of collegiate education will be held again to discuss about the desirability of starting physical classes and to take suitable measures. The practical classes for the science students should be held batch-wise, duly following Covid guidelines. For students other than science, classes should be conducted only online," he said.
The deputy commissioner said that the teaching and non-teaching staff of the colleges should have compulsorily been vaccinated for covid19. He asked the college education officers to provide information about the staff who are yet to get vaccinated against the pandemic. He noted that in some rural areas, students are finding it hard to attend online classes because of network problem. He said that the district administration will find some alternatives for this problem and arrangements will be made to facilitate these students to attend classes.
Additional deputy commissioner Dr Prajna Ammembal, registrar of Mangalore University, Kishore K, collegiate education special officer, Jayakar Bhandary, Nitte University nodal officer, Dr Denesh, and other officials participated in the meeting.