School lessons to be televised from Aug 1, declares TN Education Minister


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The Tamil Nadu Education Minister, KA Sengottaiyan announced that the lessons for state school students will be televised from August 1, 2020. They will be telecasted on 14 channels.

TN televised classes

TN Chief Minister K Palaniswami inaugurated the televised classes. Earlier the online classes were announced which however caused debates since some students come from financially poor backgrounds and don't have easy access to mobiles or smartphones. Considering this fact, the TN government took the option of telecasting the lessons on television.

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The Education Minister said that decisions regarding the syllabus and re-opening of the schools will be taken by an 18 member expert committee. Approximately 52 lakhs state students have been provided with laptops free of cost.

To make sure that students don't miss out on the academic front, with the schools being closed in the pandemic outbreak, the Tamil Nadu government opted to take online classes using various modes like Google meet, Zoom, etc. 

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