Many private school managements to assess students’ learning

They will have bridge courses for the next few weeks before continuing with syllabus

As learning loss among lower primary students has been noted to be higher than those of higher classes, many private schools, which reopened on Monday, have decided to assess the learning levels and conduct bridge courses before continuing to teach the syllabus for the respective academic year.

Sreedhar S., a private company employee whose daughter is in Class IV, said, “The school management sent us a feedback form and asked us what the learning strategy should be. A majority of the parents have said that the students should be taught all the basics they learnt over the past two academic years before they progress to the syllabus of this academic year”.

D. Shashi Kumar, general secretary, Associated Managements of Primary and Secondary Schools in Karnataka, said, “Even though we have been conducting online classes, many students have not grasped the lessons. Without ensuring they have learnt the basics, it will be meaningless to teach them lessons for higher grades,” he said.