‘We are transitioning into a new age education system’

NEW DELHI: Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia presided over a weekly review meeting with the officers and Advisor of the Education Department, teachers, parents and students in the 5th session of ‘Parenting in the time of Corona’. The session included Binay Bhushan, Director of Education, Yogesh Pratap, Deputy Director of Education, and Shailendra Sharma, Principal Advisor to Director Education.

“This meeting is a review for our team in Delhi government with the different stakeholders involved. We have just introduced online classes, it is a huge transition from the regular classes, both for the teachers and the students. Some students have devices and access to the internet, while some do not. So, I wanted to know if this plan is working and how we are working to get more students to join our classes,” said Sisodia.

The Delhi government introduced “Every day English and Personality Development classes” for them to enhance their spoken English and soft skills. This initiative will be open for students from May 4 onwards. It is being implemented in partnership with the British Council and Macmillan Education.

Bhushan said, “Spoken English and personality development classes for students of Classes 10 and 12 will not only give them an opportunity to make good use of the current time but also acquire much needed new skills. The classes will go on in May and June.”

Almost 1,60,000 students of Class 10 and 1,12,000 students of Class 12 who appeared for board exams are awaiting their results. The Education Department has decided to launch spoken English and personality development classes (online) for them to make apt use of their free time at home.