After 17 months of closure, educational institutions are finally opening their doors. There is a festive atmosphere among the students. They will be going to school after a long time. They have become mentally ill from being confined to their homes. As a result, the students' interest seems to be endless.
The students who were admitted to the first grade in January last year have been in school for two months and are now going to finish the second grade. They were deprived of the school environment and friends the entire time. They spent the entire time in their homes.
The Education Department has focused on ensuring that students who have been sitting at home and not studying for almost a year and a half do not feel pressured to go to school and study. For this reason, instructions have been given not to conduct any formal tests and assessments for the first two months of the reopening.
The guidelines for opening educational institutions state that at the beginning of the class, the class teacher will give a five-minute motivational briefing, where he will talk about cleanliness and hygiene, physical distancing rules, proper hand washing rules, mask wearing rules, sneezing and coughing etiquette, cough and spitting etiquette, etc.
To encourage students to come to school, instructions are given to welcome students in a special way in compliance with hygiene rules during the first few days of opening the educational institution (if students of different classes are brought to the educational institution in multiple shifts/multiple days).
Students will have very little time from the opening of educational institutions on September 12 until December. Initially, classes will be held for four hours. This will increase gradually. In addition, classes for other classes will be held one day a week at first. As a result, the syllabus cannot be completed in any way. In addition, no shortened syllabus has been made for anyone other than SSC and HSC.
Professor Md. Moshiuzzaman said that preparations were made to open schools in March this year. At that time, NCTB had prepared a remedial package with last year's syllabus. But due to the increase in corona infection, educational institutions could not be opened.
The teacher, who has done research on the curriculum, also said that it is not possible to complete this package within the time available in the current academic year. Therefore, the current academic year can be extended until next February or March. He said that there are such examples in many countries around the world.
