Free online classes to be provided to Gujarat private school students from classes 3 to 12

The Gujarat Government has announced on Jul 23, 2020, to provide free online classes to the private school students.

The state Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama said, "When the private schools have stopped online classes, the state government has decided to hold online classes for all such students of classes 3 to 12, free of cost. The classes will be both for Gujarati medium and English medium students."

He further added that the state government has already been imparting online education for classes 3 to 12 for Gujarati medium students via 'Vande Gujarat' channel through the Bhaskaracharya Institute of Space Application and Geostationary (BISAG) and also on DD Girnar channel and YouTube.

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Now using the same platforms, the Gujarat government will be offering online classes to students of private schools so that the educational interest of students doesn't hamper.

As per sources, a special committee has been constituted for this purpose. 

Earlier over 15,000 unaided schools suspended the online classes that were being provided during the lockdown period. All the self-financed schools have put the classes on hold now, following the Gujarat government circular which stated not to charge school fees till they re-open.

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