BENGALURU:
Karnataka Minister for Primary and Secondary Education S Suresh Kumar on Thursday warned schools holding online classes for prolonged hours, in violation of the guidelines set by the state government’s expert committee on online education.
Schools violating the order will lose their recognition and have to pay a hefty fine, he added.
The warning came in the wake of reports that prolonged on the line classes were adversely affecting student’s health, especially their eyesight.
While allowing online class to be resumed in the State, the Committee had started that the screen time for students from pre-primary to grade 5 should be 30 minutes per session and for grades 6 to10 should be 45 minutes.
Pre-Primary students 3.6 are allowed three days of classes per week with one session per day and those in grade one and two can have classes three days a week with two sessions per day. For grade 3 to 5, five days of classes are allowed per week with two sessions per day, for grade 6 to 8 five days with three classes per day and for grade 9 and 10 five days of classes with four sessions per day. (Agency)
