HYDERABAD: After the Dasara break, many schools in the city and elsewhere in the state have decided to discontinue online classes and are telling parents to send their children to attend classes in person.
Online classes are set to be discontinued even for primary students by several schools, said parents. While some schools are starting offline classes from this week, several others have decided to start classes from November. “I received a mail from my son’s school intimating that offline classes will begin from the second week of November,” said a parent whose son is studying in class 3 at a private school in Gachibowli.
Another parent, whose child is studying in class 1, questioned the reason behind deciding to start offline classes for primary school students. “Who will send kids to school until the pandemic is over? Why are schools even thinking of starting physical classes for younger kids?” the parent asked.
Several schools have sent out messages informing parents about discontinuation of online classes. “School resumes offline on campus from October20,” read a message from a school in Secunderabad. Similar messages were sent from managements of many schools across the state.
Parents said that while those with children in high school are more inclined to send their wards for physical classes, the same is not true for the ones with children in upper primary and primary students.
“With schools discontinuing online classes, parents have no option except to send their kids for physical classes. Many are worried that their children might lose out as others are attending offline classes,’ said K Venkat Sainath, joint secretary, Hyderabad Schools Parents Association (HSPA).
Sainath said instead of discontinuing online classes, managements should leave it up to parents whether or not to send their children to schools. Budget school managements, meanwhile, said they are hoping attendance wil improve in coming weeks.
