Jammu and Kashmir: Government school teachers conduct open-air community classes to help students amid COVID-19 lockdown 

Low internet connectivity is preventing students in Kandajan village from properly continuing their online classes.

Some students have been completely deprived from online studying as they cannot buy smartphones due to their financial conditions.

The community classes are emerging as a ray of hope for them.

Manzoor Ahmad, Headmaster of Government high school Kandajan Yusmarg told ANI, “With the permission of locals and parents of the students, we have started these community classes.”

“Very few students were coming to the online classes because of different reasons. But after the introduction of community classes, more number of students are coming to attend the classes,” Ahmad said.

“Currently, we are running classes from 6th to 10th standard,” he added.

A teacher said they decided to start the classes amid the COVID-19 pandemic after assessing the scenario.

Bashir Malik, Teacher of the school, told ANI: “We have started an initiative to continue the classes amid the COVID-19 pandemic after assessing the scenario. It was imperative to deliver lessons and to contain the spread of the virus at the same time.”

Malik said, “We decided that it is better to conduct classes in an open space.”

“While conducting the classes, we are following the standard operating procedures (SOPs),” Malik added.