Union HRD Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank will be conducting a Live Session today on May 14 at 12 PM on twitter with the teachers exclusively across the country. Before going live on social media, the minister invited questions from teachers across the nation with the hashtag ‘#EducationMinisterGoesLIVE’.
The teachers were informed that the Education Minister will interact with them through his Twitter (DrRPNishank) and Facebook (cmnishank) pages at 12pm this afternoon.
Teachers who missed to ask questions earlier to the HRD Minister can still use #EducationMinisterGoesLive to comment on the same tweet above.
One of the teachers also raised concerns about the teachers of the CBSE school who have to teach online classes and submit a large number of daily reports, they had little time to conduct board exam assessments.
This will be the third live session of the education minister in a row.
During his live interaction with teachers, Ramesh Pokhriyal also asked to read books and said books are the friend. He appeals all to support the 'My Book My Friend' Campaign.
In his old session, Pokhriyal also said, "the friend that never leaves your side all your life is your books and knowledge."
In response to a teacher ’s question on his Twitter Live, the HRD Minister said that the lives of teachers and students are now more important. The UGC Task Force will decide how to regulate work when schools and universities reopen. He said that the NCERT has also been asked to create guidelines for academics.
In response to a question about how will a classroom be able to hold 40 students if social distancing is carried out, he said that these are the kind of problems being worked on right now. Schools and colleges will only reopen after lockdown under the guidelines and safety precautions.
He thanked teachers for taking on the difficult task of providing education to millions of students during Covid-19 lockdown when schools, colleges and educational institutions are temporarily closed.
The central theme of the live webinar dedicated for teachers, is expected to be focused on the Acharya Devo Bhava mantra. In all the information that has been shared by the ministry, this common theme has been reiterated several times.