‘Pandemic has delivered a blow to education sector’
The Hindu
Many institutions are not equipped for online teaching, says ANU Special Officer
The coronavirus pandemic has delivered a blow to the economy with unprecedented challenges and the education sector is no exception, according to Acharya Nagarjuna University Ongole campus Special Officer B. Krishna. Addressing the valedictory of a UGC-sponsored seminar on the ‘Impact of COVID-19 on Indian Economy’ on Thursday, he said the sudden shift to online learning without planning in India, where the infrastructure for it was not ready and the curriculum not designed for such format, had posed a risk of many students becoming passive learners due to low attention span.
The heat of the recently concluded local body elections spilled over into the first meeting of the newly elected council of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, as the Opposition Left Democratic Front (LDF) questioned the propriety of the 20 councillors to whom the Kerala High Court had issued a notice regarding their oaths, participating in the council.

Taking a dig at Udupi District Congress unit for demanding action against Udupi Deputy Commissioner T K Swaroopa for flagging off the Paryaya procession by waving a saffron flag, Udupi District BJP President Kuthyar Naveen Shetty on Wednesday asked how many preparatory meetings had district in-charge Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar conducted ahead of the celebrations.











