Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, Nov 7: Minister for primary and secondary education, S Suresh Kumar, has instructed the commissioner in the department to fix teaching hours in order to see that online classes do not interfere with the health of the students. He noted that in spite of the framing of guidelines, some educational institutions have been conducting classes at odd hours during day and night.

Speaking at a meeting on the implementation of instructions on online education held at the office of the integrated education department, the minister said that none of the schools should be allowed to conduct online classes at will. He said that classes should be conducted only as per the time schedule provided by the expert committee. He accordingly asked the commissioner to fix online school timing through a circular with directions to follow instructions strictly.

He noted that there are chances of parents coming up with complaints. He wanted steps to be taken at the taluk, cluster and block levels to keep an eye on school timings. At the same time, if any parents or public have complaints about the online education implementation, they can call the public helpline, 18004257302, he stated. On the other hand they can also complain on WhatsApp at 9483045130. He wanted nodal officers to be appointed in the office of the commissioner and in the district deputy director level. He noted that complaints are more in urban centres like Bengaluru, Kalaburagi, Belagavi, Mangaluru, Hubballi, Dharwad and some other places.