IIM Rohtak study suggests blended learning for school education post coronavirus lockdown

The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Rohtak has come up with a study on blended learning and a suitable alternative for the resurrection of school education post coronavirus.

In a bid to identify a suitable alternative for the resurrection of school education post coronavirus, the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Rohtak has come up with a study on blended learning and how it is going to way forward.

The paper has devised a mathematical model recommending a blend of offline and online learning. As per the model advised by IIM Rohtak has said that schools can work in three shifts – 7 am to 11 am, 11.30 am to 3.30 pm, and 4 pm to 7.30 pm. The study also suggested that students can be divided into three groups – class 1 to 4, class 5 to 8, and class 9 to 12.

The study suggested that students can attend the school for a week while following all health guidelines issued by World Health Organisation including the social distancing, and then take online sessions for the next two weeks from home while maintaining self-quarantine.

“Our findings provide a useful insight to the school management and policymakers to upgrade their existing income and capacity with the existing infrastructure,” said Dheeraj Sharma, Director, IIM Rohtak.

“The proposed blended learning model does not deter the satisfaction of the parents of school-going children,” he added.

The constraints that have put forward by the institute while formulating the mathematical model were social distance, parental commitment, the probability of overlap, capacity utilization, cost, and expansion.

Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the schools across the country were shut in mid-March as a preventive measure to contain the spread.

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