Shanavas C. IAS, Principal Director, School Education on Friday said the department and the Nagaland School Board of Education (NBSE) are trying their best not to let the lockdown cause any delay in result declaration of the high school leaving certificate (HSLC) and higher secondary school leaving certificate (HSSLC).
Interacting with the media at the Secretariat complex in Kohima said ‘The NBSE, from their side, is carrying out paper works in a decentralised manner and is in the process of collecting back all the reports. Hopefully, there should not be any delay in declaring the results. Fortunately, examinations were able to finish before the lockdown,’ he said.
Shorter summer/winter breaks
The Principal Director said: “This year, whether people like it or not, we’ll have to cut down summer and winter breaks.”
He said that besides cutting down of breaks, ‘we will have to make Saturdays a working day.’
He pointed out that almost one month of classes have been lost and with the ongoing lockdown “we are looking at the loss of classes of two months”. Therefore, those two months of classes have to be compensated and reframe the academic calendar.
Online classes
Speaking about the challenges of virtual classes, particularly in the government schools, he said that online classrooms are not practical in rural regions.
‘However, virtual classes can be possible in private schools unlike government schools. There are students who go to good private schools, and are from well off economic backgrounds. Such students are able to access online classroom which is why some of the schools in Dimapur and Kohima have already started. It’s a good thing and we encourage them to do it,’ he added.