Regardless of Gurugram deputy commissioner (DC) Ajay Kumar’s order on November 13 directing all faculties to conduct lessons as much as Grade 5 in hybrid mode, academics reported that a lot of the authorities major faculties continued to function offline.
Officers mentioned the choice was taken in view of air high quality degree hovering between ‘very poor’ and ‘poor’ classes for consecutive days.
This week, Gurugram’s AQI crossed the 300-mark and the state of affairs stayed crucial amid stagnant winds and accelerating air pollution.
“No lessons have been held on-line even for a single day. The district schooling officer requested the federal government faculties to proceed in bodily mode, regardless of the excessive AQI and smog,” mentioned Ashok Prajapati, district president of Rajkiya Prathmik Shikshak Sangh.
College timings have been modified on November 15 to 9:30 AM–3:30 PM, from the sooner 8:00 AM, added Prajapati.
Colleges in Farrukhnagar additionally continued to function offline. “Dad and mom have been advised they might both ship their youngsters to high school or go for digital lessons,” mentioned Harel Chaturvedi, a trainer at a authorities major faculty within the space.
“Most dad and mom opted to ship their youngsters to high school due to poor community connectivity in rural areas. In poor households, there’s typically just one cellphone for 3 to 4 youngsters, so digital lessons don’t actually work for them,” added Chaturvedi.
A message was circulated on Whatsapp relating to on-line lessons, nonetheless, the lessons by no means passed off, mentioned Reena Tyagi, mom of a Grade 2 scholar. ”Regardless of heavy smog, I needed to ship my youngsters to high school. They don’t even put on masks,” added Tyagi.
The AQI on Thursday was recorded at 302 (‘very poor’) class, with PM2.5 recognized because the outstanding pollutant. Among the many monitoring stations, sector 51 reported the worst ranges, recording an AQI of 346 at 6 PM.
Captain Indu Boken, district schooling officer didn’t reply for feedback on the problem regardless of PR’s a number of calls and messages.
