The North Bengal University and some colleges in the region have started taking online classes during the lockdown.
Surya
Sen College and Munshi Premchand Mahavidyalaya in Siliguri and the Mald
College are among the institutions which started the online teaching.
“We
have started online classes. Since the pandemic has forced higher
education institutions to stop traditional teaching practices, we had to
find alternative means to support students for their academic needs,”
said P.K. Mishra, the principal of Surya Sen College.
Most of the colleges have been using applications like Zoom, Google Chrome and WhatsApp for the online sessions.
Nitai Saha, an associate professor at Munshi Premchand
Mahavidyalaya, said: “Initially, we have started online classes through
WhatsApp groups. As of now, the response of students is around 30 per
cent. The college is going to arrange proper online classes in the next
seven days for both BA honours and pass courses.”
Jayanta Kar, the
president of the governing body of the Siliguri College, said: “We will
also start live classrooms with the help of a private IT company. The
classes will be uploaded at our official website
www.siliguricollege.org.”
On the other hand, the third-year
examinations of colleges under the North Bengal University have been
postponed for an uncertain time because of lockdown.
“The next
schedule of the examination is not certain. It seems classes for
postgraduate courses will also be postponed for some time now,” said
Debashish Dutta, the controller of examinations at the NBU.
Malda
College has also been taking online classes since March 23. According to
sources, it is the first college in the state that has all equipments
for online classes.
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