PORVORIM: Under pressure from the teachers association, the state government has finally withdrawn its earlier order directing teaching and non teaching staff to resume duties. The faculty can now work from home til July 31 until further order.
Directorate of Education (DoE) on Saturday has issued a circular saying that teaching/non teaching staff should work from home and should not be called to schools/institutions unnecessarily. The circular is based on direction issued by Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) dated July 6.
State government on June 24 had issued order mandating all teachers and non teaching staff to attend school.
“In continuation to the circular quoted above and as per the D.O. letter dated 6/7/2020 referred to above it is informed that schools, education and coaching institutions will remain closed till 31/07/2020 and online/distance learning shall be encouraged. For this purpose the teaching /non-teaching staff etc shall as far as possible
will work from home and they should not be called to school/institutions unnecessarily.” the circular issued by DoE states
The circular further states that teachers are to make full use of the online training undergone by them
through SCERT to prepare original videos, notes, feedback forms, questionnaire, assignments using different OERs (this should cover allacademic subjects including Physical Eduction, Art, Craft and Music) and that the Online classes shall not be for more than two hours in a day.
DoE has also said that every institute shall form a monitoring committee for online-offline education comprising of the head of the institute, management member,school management committee, PTA member and ADE! (school can also
appoint a education expert on the committee.)
Meanwhile, the DoE has also informed that schools, education and coaching institutions will remain closed till July 31.