Educational Institutes To Continue Online Teaching Amid Lockdown: Centre

“To mitigate hardship to the public, select additional activities have been allowed which will come into effect from 20th April. 2020. These limited exemptions will be operationalized by states/UTs / district administrations based on strict compliance to the existing guidelines,” read the directive by the MHA.

“Maximum use of Doordarshan and other educational channels may be made for teaching purposes,” it further read.

To further boost the online education system, Union Minister of Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal last week launched ‘Bharat Padhe Online’ campaign, through which ideas can be shared till 16th April 2020.