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Attapur Banjara Hills Manikonda
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Hyderabad, Telangana
Ms. Shashikala, Academic Director
DSE Group of Institutions www.dsehyd.com

RECONNECTING THE DISCONNECTED

‘Back to School’ is something much awaited specially after two academic sessions of online schooling. As students return to classrooms
from their confined walls, we notice a sea change in them in all aspects. With the advent of difficulties and challenges due to Covid 19, we
the education leaders, must at this point strategize and develop a strong foundation for equitable and inclusive education for all students.
Short-term recovery efforts can lead to long-term transformation if we invest resources and make education revive its essence.

At DSE, there were many aspects which were looked into and planned for students attending physical classes.
BRING DISCIPLINE BACK INTO LIFE PHYSICAL FLEXIBILITY + CONCENTRATION = SOUND
Now as students prepare to be promoted to the next class, there is a dire HEALTH
need to bridge the gaps that many experienced in learning. Foremost, we Grabbing our mats and lifting our spirits with yoga brings peace and calm
need to bring discipline back into the lives of students. During online into our lives. Beginning the day with yoga and practicing it every day in
classes students developed quite a few unwarranted habits which need to the class will reduce stress and improve motor functions and keep vari-
be given up. Unlearning the learned is difficult as habits formed once do ous health problems at bay. We, the stakeholders can and should motivate
not vanish fast. They should be helped to settle in many ways right from children to practise yoga and meditation which will help improve physical
coming to school on time till dealing with the offline fatigue. Reinstalling flexibility and enhance concentration in these challenging times.
of sitting tolerance and span of attention is the need of the hour. This reboot
helps students and teachers to adapt to the new normal phase comfortably. FROM LISTENING SCHOOL TO DOING SCHOOL
The renaissance of education can be seen if schools think of periodical
ANALYSING THE LEARNING GAPS CREATED exhibitions pertaining to Art, Science and Math which will form a solid
We need to analyse and launch an open access, adaptable learning assess- bedrock for robust teaching & learning. Hence, project-based learning is
ment tool that measures learning losses and identifies learner’s needs. This a dynamic classroom approach in which students actively explore the real
will help students learn important concepts and revisit fundamental topics world problems and challenges and acquire a deeper knowledge. This kind
in an engaging and fun-filled manner. The goal is to ensure students are of learning will give birth to young innovators who only require time and
mentally, emotionally and academically prepped up for the new academic space to project their ideas.
year.
LOST BUT CAN BE FOUND
ADAPTING THE CLASSROOM SCENARIO The need for creating a positive and holistic environment with a focus on
Classroom environment and face to face interactions were much missed socio- emotional learning for ensuring that children are able to catch-up on
during the online classes. Students need to be guided to follow the basic lost learning is therefore gaining the ground. For this, it is all in teachers’
protocol of following essential agreements, practising positive behaviour hands - their passion, their positive attitude, their involvement and their
and time management and so on. motivation towards their profession can bring in the LOST into the right
ACTION in a student’s learning. Hence, Teacher Enriching Programmes
REFORMING AND SUPPORTING can be taken up regularly to empower the teachers.
It is essential that we as educators support the design and implementation
of large scale remedial learning at different levels of education. Targeted, PARENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMMES
intensive programmes focusing on basic literacy and numeracy can sup- Parents as stakeholders have played a pivotal role to ensure that children
port accelerated learning, particularly for those students who were found were facilitated with well-equipped digital classes at home. They left no
lagging in these aspects. For this, a simplified and planned curriculum to stone unturned and were involved as much as the school in shouldering the
accelerate learning can support recovery. responsibility of online schooling. Parents now have a bigger role to play
in rolling back children to physical schooling. They need to double this
CATCH 22 SITUATION effort to enforce routine in children.
Incorporating digital technologies to teach foundational skills could com-
plement teachers’ efforts in the classroom and prepare children for future No matter how many times you find yourself lost or broken; all that matters
digital instruction. At the same time, there should be a restricted usage of is the time when you didn’t feel like starting things all over again. One
devices as it could have adverse repercussions . must always hold an attitude to continue learning new things either from
the past or the present.
POSITIVE MIND IN A POSITIVE BODY We are in a continuous cycle of learning and teaching new things. By exer-
Education doesn’t merely mean acquisition of knowledge. It surely means cising this in our teaching, we can steal the hearts of our children and be
learning to grow, learning to become wise and learning to live healthy. We, a successful teacher, mentor, guide and philosopher.
at DSE, ensure that teachers incorporate social and emotional learning into
their teaching by giving ample opportunities to all students for re-creating
and establishing the loss of self-identity. Life skills such as interpersonal ‘No matter how hard the past was, you can always begin again’
relationships, effective communication, critical thinking, sympathy, empa-
thy, problem solving, managing emotions etc. have to be enhanced.