BENGALURU: For many teachers and students in Bengaluru, it was back to pandemic times on Monday without the fear of virus though, as several schools switched to virtual classes because of the strike.
"Since teachers and students were habituated to online classes, it was a smooth transition. We had planned this on Sunday morning itself and had taken the new teachers also on board. It definitely cannot beat the feeling of a physical class, but the advantage was of not closing on an otherwise working day when we have so much to catch up on. It was an immediate alternative," said Vineetha Anil, principal, Primus School.
Schools maintained that online class can never replace the advantages of a physical one. "While online class went off well, the momentum is lost and student connect missing. However, non-stop chatting, using chatbox, even as classes were under way, added some flavour to the day," said Shanti Menon, principal, Deen's Academy.
According to Association of Managements of Primary and Secondary Schools of Karnataka, most of its member-schools functioned physically. "Only those that were heavily reliant on private operators turned online or remained shut. The others functioned and attendance was good. Parents picked up and dropped kids," said association secretary D Shashi Kumar.
However, several parents had to find ways to drop and pick up their children to school. "It was good to have classes, otherwise my children would have spent the day watching TV. But getting them back home at 3pm was a struggle as we were at work," said a parent from Rajajinagar.
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