Chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Friday wrote letters to his counterparts in different states offering them an online education portal ‘Padhai Tuhar duaar’ that his government had launched for students and teachers.
Baghel wrote the letter to the chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Goa, West Bengal, Assam, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha and Punjab offering them the e-education free of cost.
With the nation-wide lockdown extended until May 3 and as schools and colleges are closed, the online education is the only option for continuing with the children’s education, Baghel said in his letter.
“I am glad to inform that Chhattisgarh has developed a complete e-learning portal to provide free online education at cgschool.in,” he said.
“We have named it 'Padhai Tuhar Dwar' which in Chhattisgarhi dialect means education at your doorstep.
“This portal has brought classroom experience online, where students get all the facilities to study and learn online, “ he said and added that a video lecture series of all the classes and subjects are available on the portal, which students may access at their own time and space.
An audio and a PDF study material are also available on the portal for improving the curriculum, he said.
“Children can ask their queries and clear their doubts online, which will be answered by the teachers.
“Homework questions are also available online, which can be solved at home and sent online for evaluation by teachers,” Baghel said.
Online interactive classes are also being held and the portal was started for school education on April 7, and within a week 65 lakh page views were recorded, the Chhattisgarh CM said.
More than 1.26 lakh students have registered for online classes and more than 1.26 lakh teachers have been selected to teach the courses, Baghel said and added that the numbers are constantly increasing.
“Recently we have launched a portal for college education as well. The best part about the portal is that it charges no fees for study material or registration.
“And anyone, especially people of Hindi-speaking states, can take advantage of the study material. I have received information that all the states are making efforts in the direction of online education.”
The knowledge sharing by teachers of all Hindi-speaking states on one portal will turn it into a huge treasure-chest of knowledge for students, Baghel said.
“You can also get the portal customised as per the requirements of your state. Students of all the states can start using the portal right away,” Baghel said in the letter.
Government officials from Chhattisgarh can provide a demo of the portal, Baghel said and asked his counterparts in the others states to contact officials of the school education department of Chhattisgarh for further details.
“I believe that the portal will turn out to be a boon for all the students,” said the Chhattisgarh CM.