Telangana to start online classes for academic year 2020-21 from today; schools to remain closed until further notice

Telangana to begin the academic year 2020-21 online from today for school students.

Telangana will start the academic session 2020-21 in schools from today, i.e. September 1, in the online mode. On August 24, the School Education Department had announced that it will conduct online classes for students studying in the state-run schools and will begin it from September 1, 2020. On August 5, the Telangana cabinet had conducted a meeting, in which it was approved that the admission process and the distance education and e-learning process for schools will begin soon.

Teachers were also instructed to attend schools from August 27, 2020, and prepare the content for e-classes and lesson plans. The state had also issued an order earlier stating that the government has permitted online classes as part of e-learning and distance education on various digital/ TV/ T-SAT platforms from September 1, 2020 on all the schools. 

The state government is also expected to release a separate notice as per the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs regarding the re-opening of schools and commencement of regular classes for the students. 

Schools, Colleges and Educational Institutions across the country have been kept closed since mid-March 2020 across the country due to coronavirus lockdown. The schools have been conducting the classes for the students in the online mode from that time.  Teachers have been asked to use the different facilities for conducting the classes. Governments have also scheduled classes for students through cable TV and other mediums like Youtube and WhatsApp where the lessons will be uploaded daily for the students. 

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