Distance mode education in primary schools and Swarnim Gujarat

The Gujarat government and education department is going to cross one more mile stone and create world wide history again in class room education. As we know that the education department starting DTS- Direct to student the class room education system through BISAG from December 2009. It is distance mode education for students of primary schools. I think Shree Modi sir and the whole department is going to create history. All department is on the way to complite Swarnime Gujarat's Golden goal.In 2010 Gujarat will answer all enemies that no one can stopp Gujarat's progress. Gujarat is different in real mean...

I came to know that…

- Approximately 20 lakh students and 30 thousand teachers will join in distance mode education - cyber class.

- The expert teachers will give lesson in BISAG and student will see in their school.

- Mathematics, English and Science and Technology will be taught as per schedule.

- GCERT is going to organize the whole progrramme.

- GCERT will select teachers, guide how to give modern lesson and how to use Teaching Learning Material and Modern Technology in education.

- Teachers and students will be select after teachers examination as per govt. norms.

- The teachers and students will get chance to visit places, get expose and knowledge of technology by giving lesson in BISAG ( Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Application and Geo-informatics)

- All the teachers who studied in interior schools and far from city can get benefit of expert teachers and technology.

I think that there are few disadvantages also like…

- Student cannot get experience because the experiment will be done in student with selected students and teachers…The students in classroom have to see…exp.: they will see how to make Oxygen but cannot get real experiment by doing themselves. In Science until we don’t do our selves we cannot understand.

- In mathematics students should have know why it happen ? Why 1+1 is = 2 ?

- Gujarati students are poor in English. Teachers also cannot speak fluent English. In distance mode we cannot give chance students to speak.

- Teachers may not teach same lesson again in their class room.

- Students may see as they see other progrramme in Television.

- Student will go far from class room education of English, Mathematics and Science and Technology.

- Students can get Knowledge - Information but What about Application, Understanding and Skill ? Without Application, Understanding and Skill Knowledge is useless..

There are few way to reduce disadvantages :

- Can use On air Off air mode.

- In off air teachers have to teach and do activities in class room with their students.

- Students should discuss their problem with teachers and if teacher is unable to answer they can ask directly to expert in studio.

- Printed material-modules, TLMs, Activities material and guide book should be provide to all teachers so they can follow during on air and off air education mode.