Schools in Maharashtra to be opened with 'digital' mode from June: Uddhav Thackeray

Despite the difficulties that people are facing due to Coronavirus, schools and educational institutions will begin in June in the state. However, these schools will begin with the online mode of education. On the other hand, schools in tribal, remote areas where not many people are being affected by Coronavirus will begin normally.

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Chief Minister, Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday announced that schools and educational institutes in the state will be opened in June. He also informed that the schools will begin online with the online classes initially. On the other hand, schools in tribal, remote areas where not many people are being affected by Coronavirus will begin normally.

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray held a three-hour video conference meeting with school education minister Varsha Gaikwad and took stock of the situation. During the meeting, the Chief Minister has directed that education in schools in the state should begin on a regular basis, but it should be done online and later offline as per the situation.

During the meeting, it was decided that the academic year of the children of the state would not be affected and the schools which were taken over for quarantine would be disinfected at the government's expense.

In remote areas where there is no connectivity and people are not affected by Coronavirus, schools will reopen and will follow social distancing norms.

"Usage of Google platform should be used on an experimental basis when starting an online school. A strong system of online education should be developed for a long time by developing computer systems independently," Thackeray said in an official statement.

The meeting was held with the presence of Chief Minister, School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad. Along with Additional Chief Secretary Vandana Krishna, Dr Raghunath Mashelkar, Dr Anil Patil, Aniruddha Jadhav and other educationists were also present.