GURGAON: As the air quality in Delhi-NCR is deteriorating at an alarming rate, all preschool, pre-primary and primary classes were put on hold until further notice in the city and Faridabad from Tuesday.Track the pollution level in your city"Offline classes for all pre-school, pre-primary and primary classes (i.e. nursery to class 5) students will be discontinued from November 7, 2023 till further orders in the district.This applies to both private and government schools," stated the notice released by deputy commissioner Nishant Yadav on Monday evening. Schools have been urged to make necessary arrangements for conducting online classes during this period."The situation will be continuously monitored, and decision on the resumption of offline classes will be announced based on the prevailing air quality conditions and government directives," Yadav said.All schools in Delhi have been directed to suspend physical classes, except for classes 10 and 12, until November 10 in view of rising pollution levels.Pollution levels in Delhi-NCR on Monday morning were around seven to eight times above the government-prescribed safe limit. A toxic haze engulfed the region for the seventh consecutive day.Elementary education officer Saroj Dahiya said, "Teachers will be utilising the smart boards at schools and the tablets provided to them from the department of education to conduct online classes. Parents of students will be informed about the move and will be guided to going back to the online class system."Identifying the problems of online classes, Manoj Lakhra, the project coordinator for Foundational Literacy and Numeracy for primary classes, said, "During the pandemic, it was easier to conduct online classes because even the parents of the children would stay home, and they would have access to gadgets like mobile phones and laptops. But at present, only children will have to stay home - they might or might not have access to gadgets or the internet. Further, there always have been network issues in remote areas."To address these issues, the department has made the online classes flexible."Teachers record their lectures and upload it online for students to listen to at any time they can. Further, we have given the liberty to students to get the contact numbers of their neighbours added, if their parents or guardians who can provide their phones for classes arent available during the day," Lakhra said.

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