On Line Education" during Lock Down witnesses change in public perception, increase in enrollment.
Rajnish Sareen
Nawanshahr, May 04, 2020: It seems that the lock down for the past one and half month due to pandemic COVID-19 has failed to dampen the zeal and enthusiasm of school teachers . As the Board examination was postponed and school were closed by the Punjab government when the first death due to COVID-19 was reported in Nawanshahr district on March 19. During the unprecedented crisis , the school teachers resorted to the digital route and started taking classes through Whats App groups. The innovative idea has not only started keeping the students in touch with their syllabus but proved a great relief to the parents who have been finding it hard to keep their wards indoor during the lock down period. The " On LIne Education" has also been helping to bring in a positive change in public perception and proving a major attraction for the parents to get their wards admitted in government schools. The district has witnessed a record increase in enrollment in primary classes.
District Education Officer( Primary), Pawan Kumar and Deputy DEO, Chhotu Ram, while divulging details, said that due to hard work being done by the "Parho Punjab, Parhao Punjab" team in particular and the teachers in general, so far, as many as 24193 students had been enrolled in pre-primary to 5th class in the district, exceeding the previous session's tally by 1433 students. The Block Nawanshahr has exceeded enrollment to the tune of 638 , Block Aur 323, Block Banga 124, Block Balachaur ( 1 ) 92, Block Balachaur(2) 96 , Block Saroya 95 and Block Mukandpur 95 students in the district.
Satnam Singh and Neel Kamal, District Coordinator and Assistant District Coordinator of " Parho Punjab and Parhao Punjab" told that the main highlights of the enrollment drive was increase in enrollment in pre-primary classes. As many as 6709 students in pre-primary classes had already been admitted so far, while the enrollment in the previous academic session was 4581.
"In class 5th, this year as many as 3930 students have been admitted against the previous year's enrollment of 3880 students", they further said while adding while Block Nawanshahr is leading in enrollment drive, Government Primary Schools situated at Garhi Bharti, Aiman Chahal, Barwa and Bharapur have witnessed significant increase in enrollment.