Governor Satya Pal Malik has said that the difficulties in imparting online classes during the pandemic heightened by insufficient knowledge of digital method of teaching.
Speaking at a one day seminar on ‘Online Teaching, Challenges and Opportunities’ held in Raj Bhavan, the Governor lamented that Covid-19 has brought numerous challenges to the education sector.
He said the introduction of online teaching has proven to be challenging to both teachers and students alike and this in turn has had an effect on the students’ academic growth. He reiterated the importance of the seminar in throwing light on challenges and opportunities of online teaching.
Twenty teachers from different Shillong-based schools attended the Seminar organized by the Society for Empowerment Education and Development (SEED), a non-profit organization which aims to empower the socially, educationally and economically deprived community through education and training in the formal and non-formal fields.
NEHU vice chancellor, Prabha Shankar Sukhla in his address said that post pandemic, the ‘new normal’ is the increased use of web learning tool and e-learning is here to stay. Highlighting the advantage and disadvantages of online learning, he said that in the present situation, the blending mode of online and traditional education is required as it cannot be conclusively said as to when the pandemic will come and end.
The resource person for the Seminar were Prof, Santa Ram Joshi, (HOD, Biotechnology, NEHU) and Prof. Subhas Chandra Roy, (HOD, Education, NEIRE).
