Ever since the introduction of online teaching in Magadh University in mid-April, nearly 2000 e-contents have been uploaded to the university website, says vice chancellor Prof Rajendra Prasad and fresh uploads are being made for the benefit of students. The good thing, according to the VC was that students of other universities too can benefit from the study material available on the MU website.
The colleges too have been directed to provide links of their online teaching programmes on their respective websites. “Conceding that online teaching cannot be a substitute to classroom interactions,” the VC said that the university has to adapt itself to the post-covid realities. E-learning was here to stay post Covid as well in the form of supplement to class room teaching, said Prof Rajendra Prasad.
Whereas the performance of PG departments and constituent colleges have been satisfactory in the field of online teaching, the same cannot be said about the affiliated colleges suffering from infrastructural as well as institutional shortcomings.
A committee under the convenership of the Jagjivan College,
Gaya, principal has been constituted to monitor the performance of the affiliated colleges in respect of online teaching.
Asked about the pending university exams, the VC said that no decision has been taken in the matter as the Raj Bhavan has to take a final call in the matter to ensure state-level uniformity in the exams. Earlier MU postponed the exams that were to begin on July 3, 2020.
Jagjivan College principal Kumar Rajeev Ranjan, convener of the committee on online teaching in affiliated colleges said that efforts are being made to develop a common platform for online teaching for the benefit of all university students including those enrolled in the affiliated colleges.
Asked whether the university did have any data base on students with personal smart phones and high speed internet connectivity to avail the benefits of
online education, Ranjan said that such a data base was not available. “There were also students with smart phone and net connectivity but they use the facility for fun and entertainment and not for education,” said the principal.
“Calling online education as elitist in character, left activist SB Bhaskar said that it will only increase the educational gap between the rich and the poor. It has no relevance in a poor state like
Bihar,” said the left activist.
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