The West Bengal government has announced that all the educational institutes, including school, colleges and universities will remain closed till June 10, in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic. The government has also decided to continue conducting virtual classes, originally scheduled for seven days, for another two months now.
State education minister Partha Chatterjee said, “The decision has been taken by the government to make up for the lessons lost by the students of classes 9 to 12 in state aided and state run schools, because of the lockdown.” He further added, “We have received a great response from the student population, over the last few days, when we began virtual classes over TV. Since schools will be closed till 10th June, the students can get a huge help from these sessions by the experts.”
The education minister also said that the government is planning to start a similar virtual classes initiative for the students of classes 5 to 8. Goutam Adhikary, Bengali teacher of Hindu School, said, “The students have responded conveniently to the government’s move. It would benefit them in the future.”
