Bhanu P Lohumi
Tribune News service
Shimla, August 27
Offline classes in colleges will resume from September 1, coinciding with the commencement of the 2021-22 academic session for undergraduate classes. The admissions to BA, BSc, BCom, BBA and other undergraduate courses for second and third years were completed on August 16.
The admissions to the first year are in progress and scheduled to be completed by August 31, followed by the resumption of regular classes from September 1.
College principals have been asked to prepare micro-plans as per their requirement, said Director, Higher Education, Amarjeet Sharma. He said online classes would discontinue from September 1, implying that physical presence would not be optional.
Date sheet for schools
- The first-term exams of Classes IX -XII will be held from September 4 to September 13 and a tentative date sheet has been released
- The department has made plans for online exams in case schools are not opened as well as for offline exams if schools are opened
Classrooms will have to be sanitised and classes will begin with 50 per cent seating capacity. The colleges will have to strictly adhere to SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) and Covid-appropriate behaviour. The timings for different classes will be staggered to avoid crowding. Thermal screening, wearing of masks and maintenance of distance will be mandatory.
The first-term examinations of Classes IX to XII will be conducted from September 4 to September 13 and a tentative date sheet has been released. The department has prepared both plans — for online examinations in case schools are not opened and offline examinations in case schools are opened, he added.
Teachers told to make micro-plans
College principals have been asked to prepare micro-plans as per their requirement. Online classes will discontinue from September 1, implying that physical presence will not be optional. —Amarjeet Sharma, Director, Higher education
The offline examinations will be held with 30 per cent reduced syllabus and in case of online examinations, password-protected PDF files will be uploaded on "Har Ghar Pathshala" and Deputy Directors will share the password with heads of the institutions, said Sharma.
The duration of the examination will be three hours and the ratio of multiple-choice questions and subjective questions will be 40:60. The tentative date sheet is open for revision, depending on the Covid situation
and restrictions imposed by the government.
The schools, opened for Classes IX to XII, are closed till September 4 and September 5 is a Sunday. The decision regarding the opening the schools will be taken next week, official sources said.
Courtesy: Tribune News Service