HYDERABAD: Nearly 7,000 school
students in Mahabubabad district
have no access to any gadgets and hence cannot attend the
online classes
, which are beginning on September 1.
Students in Telangana have been asked to attend the online classes which will be telecast on DD Yadagiri, Saptagiri and T-SAT network.
However, the grim reality for many students, not just in Mahabubabad, is that they do not have either a TV set at home, a computer or a mobile phone with Internet facility, sources said.
As the new academic year 2020-21 rolls out amid the pandemic after a long delay, officials are asking the gram panchayats to provide TV sets for the benefit of students.
Mahabubabad district
collector VP Gautam asked the panchayats to seek cooperation of the pubic representatives in this endeavour. Cable operators have also been asked by collectors to see that there is no interruption in the telecast.
There are 27,073 students in Mahabubabad. Authorities have identified that 8,000 students have mobile phones with Internet facility and another 10,000 students have mobile phones but no Internet facility.
Since it is not a face-to-face interaction, students can call up their teachers to clear any doubts . Their numbers will be displayed at all panchayat offices.
Kamareddy district collector A Sharath asked that arrangements be made in the panchayat offices and also government offices wherever necessary for students to attend the online classes by watching the telecast.
Transco authorities have been requested to ensure that power supply does not snap during the telecast hours. Nagarkurnool district collector L Sharman held a meeting with cable operators on Saturday.
Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyde...
Read MoreSushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.
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