Shivamogga
The Department of School Education (Pre-University) has instructed lecturers successful pre-university colleges successful Karnataka to guarantee that their students registry for the Jnana Sethu programme with their smartphones. The students person to unfastened a Gmail relationship and get the login installation to the Khan Academy, which provides resources online nether the scheme.
This has near parents, peculiarly successful agrarian areas, worried. While galore person reached retired to teachers saying they cannot spend to bargain smartphones for their children, a fewer parents expressed interest implicit the ill-effects of addiction to phones. The parents of those students who are staying successful hostels are much worried, arsenic they would not beryllium with the children to show their usage of phones.
Harish M.K. of Melinakoppa successful Tirthahalli told The Hindu that helium had been the guardian of his sister-in-law who is studying successful a college. “Earlier, the teachers and officers conducted consciousness campaigns discouraging the usage of smartphones among students. Now, surprisingly, they are asking america to get phones for students. Who volition show the usage of phones successful hostels?” He besides stated that helium would get a telephone for a pupil lone if the assemblage main oregon the hostel in-charge assured the information of the miss student.
The scheme
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, successful his fund earlier this year, announced Jnana Sethu strategy successful collaboration with Khan Academy, a non-profit organisation moving successful the tract of education.
The nonsubjective of the strategy is to marque the learning process effectual for students from classes 6 to 12 successful authorities schools and colleges. The organisation volition beryllium providing the resources escaped of outgo to students and allowing teachers to usage its AI tools for free. The section volition beryllium spending ₹5.4 crore for the grooming of the teachers nether the scheme, arsenic per the bid issued by the department.
High schools later
As of now, the lecturers of PU colleges person been told to registry their students for the scheme. In the coming days, students successful precocious schoolhouse and higher superior students are expected to articulation the scheme.
Chandrappa S. Gundupalli, Deputy Director of Pre-University Education successful Shivamogga, said arsenic per the instructions from the department, helium had asked lecturers to bash registration successful colleges. “Children tin entree the worldly online utilizing mobile phones.. We are conscionable pursuing the instructions of the section and monitoring the registration process,” helium stated.
