Chhattisgarh school education department have come up with an innovative online study project, wherein an expert teacher provide assistance through online video. The move aims to tackle the shortage of specific subject teachers in government-run schools.
Then live question-answer session with students is carried out to resolve doubts, backed by homework.
The pilot project has been launched since February 10 in 12 government schools for students of class 9th to 12th. As per department, this scheme will be further expanded to around 1000 schools across the state.
Elaborating on the project, school education department officials said expert goes online at 12.00 noon. The subject related session is carried out through video lecture of 20 minutes. After which doubts of students are addressed real time with the expert teacher answering queries of the students. To evaluate how much a student had grasped the subject, through App, two-way communication through conferencing is done. Students are also asked to submit home-work online.
Officials further said in selected schools only through wifi connectivity, LCD projector, laptop or mobile is connected and then the session is taken. Thus, students can carry out two-way communication with subject experts and get their doubts cleared.
State Council for Education Research and Training (SCERT), Chhattisgarh and National Informatics Centre (NIC), Nava Raipur, have developed the studio where the vedio shoot of the subject expert is done. It is then reviewed and then uploaded on YouTube Channel, DEL Chhattisgarh for students.
The pilot project has been started at Champa, Kharora, Bemetara, Sail, Khomakhan, Balod, Mungeli, Khauna, Sankara, Navapara (two schools), and Barna. Each school has a coordinator who acts as a link between students and experts along with providing technical assistance for the online class.