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them to access syllabus content and li- children with special needs to cope den opportunity. The Covid-19 global
brary books. All schools have also tied during these uncertain times, is to crisis has prompted our management,
up with Nexool Digital Library that plan a daily routine or schedule. Do- teachers and students to aggressively
helps students access library books in ing so lets children know what to ex- switch to virtual learning solutions to
digital format. pect and cope with stress. I hope that keep all stakeholders engaged in these
Online live classes. Regular live our efforts will continue the learn- highly stressful time,” says Jyoti
classes are being conducted online ing process of our children and also Arora, principal of the school.
through the Zoom app. Students can empower parents,” says Manpreet
log into these virtual classes using Singh Chadha, chairman of the CFAL Mangalore
mobile phone, laptops, computers or Wave Group & trustee of the Ponty
tablets. Chadha Foundation. he Centre for Advanced Learning,
“Positive feedback from our par- TMangalore (CFAL) — a coaching
ents and students indicates that our centre for engineering entrance and
three-stage online learning initiative Mount Abu Public School scholarship exams — has responded
has been a huge success. It has pro- ount Abu Public School, Delhi proactively to teaching-learning dis-
pelled us into a new era of online/ M— a Microsoft Showcase School ruption following the Covid-19 emer-
virtual classes and increased usage of — has chalked out an all-inclusive gency nationwide lockdown.
technology,” says Dr. R.S. Panwar, strategy to deal with the academic, Faculty training programme.
director of school education, Bharati psychological, financial and social Special training programmes intro-
Vidyapeeth. fallout of the pandemic. duce faculty to the nuances of con-
Technical training for teaching ducting live online classes. They are
Mata Bhagwanti Chadha staff. From early March, remote also trained on using the IPAD Pro
programme to communicate with stu-
learning sessions are being conducted
Niketan, Noida for teachers to use Microsoft technol- dents online.
ogy and the Zoom app to equip them Scaling up online learning solu-
he Mata Bhagwanti Chadha Niket- with the technical know-how to use tions. The management has scaled up
Tan (MBCN, estb.1999) — a school digital learning tools and platforms. its online learning solutions by invest-
for physically and mentally challenged Virtual classes through Micro- ing in the latest digital technologies.
children promoted by the Delhi-based soft Education. Students log into The technology also accommodates
Ponty Chadha Foundation — is pro- virtual classes hosted on the Microsoft students with limited access to high-
viding online learning in the following Education platform. This ensures stu- speed Internet and mobile data.
ways: dent attendance and convenient track- “Our online learning platform al-
WhatsApp and Zoom for com- ing of student engagement. Teachers lows students to ‘raise hands,’ share
munication. With e-learning plat- teach through subject focused self- screens, message the host and break
forms and live classes not suitable for recorded videos. off into smaller discussion groups.
children with special needs, MBCN Webinars for parents and stu- Overall, our live online classes are
has been using communication appli- dents. Webinars are conducted for working quite well for students,” says
cations such as WhatsApp and Zoom parents and students to raise aware- Vijay Moras, coordinator of CFAL.
to reach parents and teachers. ness about the Covid-19 pandemic
Sample videos for learning. and conduct crash courses on using Sir Padampat Singhania
MBCN’s highly skilled team of spe- technology for learning.
cial educators and therapists record Career guidance and counseling. Education Centre, Kanpur
sample videos and share them with The school’s careers guidance cell also
parents and teachers. Worksheets conducts online webinars and one-to- or the past month, the Sir Padam-
and tips for making teaching-learning one video calls with senior students Fpat Singhania Education Centre
material at home are also shared with to help them deal with anxieties trig- (SPSEC) has chalked out a compre-
parents. gered by the ongoing pandemic and hensive strategy to ensure continuity
Customised goals and daily activ- to enable them to make further study of the teaching-learning process. The
ities. Daily activities cover academics, choices. programmes devised by the school
sports and fitness, yoga, household ac- Online parent-teacher meetings. management include:
tivities, speech therapy, occupational The school conducted online PTMs Teachers working from home.
and physiotherapy and recreation ac- and online orientation for new parents SPSEC teachers are enthusiastically
tivities (art/music/dance). and doorstep delivery of new learning working from home, continuously
“The most important thing par- materials. helping students by sharing content,
ents and caregivers can do to help “Every challenge comes with a hid- solving problems on Google work-

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