Call teachers to schools, colleges thrice a week: Patna DM

PATNA: The decision of the Patna district administration to allow schools and coaching institutes to function three times a week so that teachers can create online content has evoked mixed response.
District magistrate (DM) Kumar Ravi told this newspaper on Monday, “Schools, colleges and coaching centres have been allowed to call a limited number of teachers thrice a week on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for preparing PowerPoint presentations, videos and study materials.”
St Michael’s High School principal Fr Armstrong Edison appreciated his teachers’ efforts in preparing online study materials for the students.He said, “We are, however, planning to call our teachers to school so that they can improve the quality of the materials they are using.”
Teachers, on the other hand, are not keen on rejoining their respective institutes at the moment. Piyush Sahay, BBA department coordinator at St Xavier’s Institute of Management and Technology, pointed out, “Keeping in mind the rise in number of corona cases, I am not comfortable going to college right now.”
The owner of a coaching centre on Frazer Road said, “Calling teachers and students to the institute may increase the risk of getting infected by the virus.”
Even if some institutes want their teachers to rejoin, they are helpless. Litera Valley School principal Sharat Kumar said, “Most of our teachers use buses, which are restricted during the lockdown.”