Education goes virtual in the government schools of Rajanna Sircilla

During the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic, the Satya Bharti Quality Support Program helped in connecting the students of government schools in the Rajanna Sircilla district of Telangana with their schools. To adapt to the current situation, the implementation of academic lessons and the dissemination of education took a virtual turn at the government schools in Rajanna Sircilla.

The District Education Officer (DEO) and Mandal Education Officer’s (MEO) teams supported 111 High Schools (including 35 partner government schools in Rajanna Sircilla) by sharing question papers and worksheets of Class X for various subjects including English, Maths, Science and Social Studies.

In the partner government schools, Bharti Foundation virtually reached out to 285 Teachers and 1,384 Students through many different online activities. Competitions were held on various occasions like International Earth Day, Republic Day, Rang De Veer, Gandhi Jayanti, World Health Day, World Environment Day and Yoga Day. Additionally, workshops were held to develop Life skills, Study and General skills: Self Awareness, Problem-solving, Learning from failures, Goal setting, Time management, Stress management, Creativity, Health and Wellness to name a few.

During the summer breaks, Bharti Foundation in association with English Language Teachers’ Association (ELTA –  Rajanna Sircilla) organized a 10-day long event with series of workshops where 45 English language teachers from 37 secondary schools actively took part. These workshops included the discussion and brushing up of various discourses and phonetics that are dealt with by the English teachers of the Rajanna Sircilla district.

An online session was organized on the school reopening process and guidelines for HM’s (full forms please) and teachers.172 HM’s, teachers and key officials from DoE at District and Mandal-level took part in these sessions.

The workshops and activities did not only help the children in honing 21^st-century skills but also helped them in coping up with the stress of Lockdown. The DEO of Rajanna Sircilla district appreciated the efforts of Bharti Foundation for all Lockdown activities and support.