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Bhubaneswar: After a hiatus of almost 10 months, physical classroom teaching for the final year Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate students of universities and colleges under the State Higher Education department, will commence from Monday.
In addition to the commencement of physical classroom teaching for 2020-21 Final Year UG/PG courses, teaching and research activities of Ph.D., M.Phil., and other Research Scholars also commenced in physical mode today.
As per an order issued by the Skill Development and Technical Education department, all the technical universities, engineering, professional colleges and diploma institutions also reopened today to commence physical classroom teaching for the final year students of UG, PG and Diploma and Post-Diploma programmes.
The guidelines issued by the government mention that physical classes shall be held in regular manner to cover all chapters of the syllabus irrespective of coverage of some chapters in online mode, and whenever possible, the physical classroom teaching shall be recorded and shared with absentee students.
The government has also directed all varsities and colleges to strictly follow the Covid-19 prevention protocols in place.
- Teachers/Staff/Students residing in active containment zone shall not come to Universities/ Colleges.
- Face Mask/ Face Cover shall be mandatory.
- Frequent Hand Wash/ Hand sanitization shall be ensured.
- Social Distancing (6 ft distance) shall be adopted in classrooms, libraries, laboratories, etc. If need be, crowded classes can be divided into batches and teaching hours in a day can be extended.
- Spitting shall be strictly prohibited.
- Respiratory etiquettes shall be strictly followed. (i.e. Covering one's mouth and nose by handkerchief while coughing/sneezing)
- Self-monitoring of health and reporting of illness should be encouraged.
Notably, hostels re-opened on Sunday (January 10) only for 2020-21 Final Year UG/PG students as well as Ph.D., M.Phil. and other Research Scholars. All possible Covid-19 prevention protocols shall be followed in hostels.
Twenty-five per cent of the syllabus would be covered by Guided Students Self Study. And to compensate the lost days, physical classroom teaching shall be conducted on all days except the examination period, Sundays, 26th January 2021 (Republic Day), 16th February 2021 (Saraswati Puja) and April 1 (Utkal Divas).
The Higher Education department has said that for the time being, online teaching will continue for students of intermediate years, and a decision on commencement of physical classes for them would be taken at an appropriate time.
