In order to make up the loss in the syllabus, due to the long lockdown that compelled the schools to keep closed, the state education department will hold catch-up classes for three months in government schools to brush students’ knowledge of the previous class which they could not attend due to COVID and manage for one-year academic session loss.

“Last year lockdown was implemented in March and a student studying in class VI was supposed to begin his academic session for class VII from April. And the same student will go in class VIII in the new session now. So, in the initial three months in class VIII, s/he will be taught for class VII,” principal secretary (education) Sanjay Kumar explained.

This will bridge the gap especially for those who could not attend online classes because of lack of smartphone and internet facilities.

Classes from IX to XII resumed on January 4 after more than eight months. Classes from VI to VIII were permitted to resume from February 8 onwards, while junior classes are still closed.

There are nearly 1.66 crore students enrolled in government schools from class 1 to VIII and 66 lakh in classes IX to XII. Though there is no exact figure as to how many of them don’t have access to smartphones and the internet, experts feel this could be huge.

The education department is planning to complete these catch-up classes before summer vacation. Several such discussions for improving the education system of the state were done in a meeting with Pratham Education Foundation CEO Rukmini Banerjee and senior department officials on Saturday.

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