NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, JULY 14
When the debate is going on whether online mode of education to children is safe and allowable across the nation, the Tamil Nadu Education department has started telecasting lessons for students through its own Television Channel “Kalvi Thokaikatchi’’ (Education TV Channel) on Tuesday.
Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami launched the programme in the presence of Education Minister K.A. Sengottaiyan and other officials.
The lessons for Classes X and XII to be telecast through the government’s Kalvi Tholaikatchi (Education TV channel).
The initiative will help the students keep pace with their lessons, as the schools, which were closed from March 17 as a preventive measure against the spread of coronavirus, are yet to reopen due to the spike in cases.
The Chief Minister launched the televised classes for Classes X and XII and plus two students of government, aided and private schools, from the Secretariat.
The lessons will be telecast for two-and-a-half hours daily from Monday to Friday, an official release said.
Palaniswami also launched a scheme to provide free textbooks to 10th and 12th class students.
State board students who have been promoted to class 12 have been asked to utilise their laptops provided by the state government for free, to download audio-visual content of the curriculum.
The School Education Department runs the Kalvi Tholaikatchi channel offering video lessons for all levels contributed by senior teachers from across the state.
Meanwhile, C G Thomas Vaidyan, Commissioner of the Department of School Education, who heads a 16-member committee of experts formed to finalise the revised syllabus for Tamil Nadu schools, submitted the report to the Chief Minister.
