Soon there will be a Vaccine to cure Corona, but it can't for the loss of Education: Sisodia

Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has said that soon there will be a vaccine to cure Corona, but there is no vaccine for the loss of education. He further said that we have to reduce our other expenses so that we continue with our children’s education. If there is a loss in education, it will not only be the loss of that child or family, but it will be a loss for the entire country. Our prudence is to recognize that no matter how difficult it may get, it should not affect our child’s education.

He was interacting with teachers and parents to get their feedback on the ongoing technology supported teaching learning activities for the students of Delhi Government. He also sought suggestions to improve online education during his visit to two government schools in two districts. 

 Sisodia said that when the lockdown happened, we started online classes. At that time, everyone thought that online education is only for private school students and that parents of government school students do not have the means and teachers are also not trained. But the officials of our Education Department along with the teachers adopted innovative techniques to reach out and engage with all children irrespective of the fact whether their parents has smart phone or not.  Parents and students also gave us a lot of support. 

Sisodia said, “It was very easy for us to say that only those who have the means can have access to online education. But we have to take everyone along with us. There was a time when access to education was based on religion and caste and later on financial status. It created divide in the society. We bridged that by rebuilding our government schools with world class facilities. But now, new divide should not be created among those who have access to digital devise and those who do not have. That is why we adopted Semi-online approach.”

Sisodia said that he saw in Finland that teachers give assignments on Facebook as children are fond of Facebook. "Teachers understand that instead of looking at other things on Facebook if the students will do their homework, it will serve their purpose," he added.  We did not think that we too would provide education through social media. But today, under compulsion, we launched this experiment which has reduced the educational loss significantly.