NEW DELHI: During the lockdown, in order to engage students at their homes, Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank released an Alternative Academic Calendar for upper primary classes (Classes VI to VIII) on Thursday, April 23.
“The alternative academic calendars at primary and upper primary stage (Classes VI to VIII) have been developed by the NCERT under the guidance of the MHRD,” says an official statement.
Earlier on April 16, the HRD Minister released the Alternative Academic Calendar for primary stage students.
“This Calendar provides guidelines to teachers on the use of various technological tools and social media tools available for imparting education in fun-filled, interesting ways, which can be used by learners, parents and teachers even while at home,” Pokhriyal said.
He said that many of us may not have internet facilities on mobile devices, or may not be able to use other social media tools, such as WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc. The calendar will instruct teachers to further guide parents and students via mobile phone text messages or voice call.
Minister Pokhriyal said that all remaining students of classes 9 to 12 and subject areas will be covered in this calendar soon. The statement stated that the calendar contains weekly plans, which include interesting and challenging activities, and references themes/chapters selected from the syllabus or textbook.
It also covers experiential learning activities such as art education, physical exercise, yoga, pre-vocational skills, etc.
