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Coronavirus: Teaching process in Pakistan online, but students face problems
The Corona virus-borne situation has completely taken over the entire world by becoming an economic and social threat. The measures are taken to ensure a reduction in social connections is important to the safety of the people, but this is affecting the economy, as well as the lives of most students after the school year.
Initial steps by the government of Pakistan to curb the spread of the Coronavirus included shutting down educational institutions by April 5.
In this regard, Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood announced that online classes of higher education institutions would be started in the country with the help of the Higher Education Commission to prevent the loss of students' education.
A large number of students from small towns and remote areas are studying in city universities. These students, who lived in hostels, had to return to their homeland after the closure of the university.
Due to the absence of an integrated system of online classes in the universities of Pakistan, social media applications including Google Plus, Zoom, and YouTube are being leveraged.
After the release of online classes, students living in the dimensions of Pakistan appear to complain of a lack of internet service and load shedding.
On Friday, Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood said holidays for private and public educational institutions across the country have been extended until May 31. According to the Ministry of Education notification, the closure of educational institutions will be a summer vacation.
However, according to several students, the government's decision has not yet been formally reported by the educational institutions, nor is the university able to address the problems in online classes, while several students have also been told that their universities Require to pay quarterly annual quarterly fees.
What problems do students face when performing online classes?
Muhammad Azam Baloch, a resident of the adjoining village of Jafarabad District, Balochistan, told Bibi that he was a student of international relations at the University of Management Sciences and Technology, Lahore.
He says that according to the schedule given by the administration, online classes of three to four articles have been held daily from 10 am to 6 pm but in the last one week, students have not lectured a single essay properly. Take them. '
Mohammad Azam Baloch said, "I go to Jaffarabad, 25 km from Ravana village, looking for better internet service to ensure attendance in my classes, and even in the video lecture I cannot hear the voice of the teachers."
Gilgit resident Eliza Khan Forman is a Media Sciences student at Christian College. She says the university administration closed the university in the third week of March and asked them to vacate the hostel in the third week of March, since which time they have been based in Gilgit city.
Alizah says she received a schedule of online classes last week via email, while students from areas with inappropriate service areas on the Internet were asked to inform the university's top officials.
Aliza Khan told the BBC that she lives in Gilgit city where internet access is better than nearby areas but due to severe load shedding, she has difficulty in online classes.
She says, 'There has not been a single day in our online class in which the students have complained about not understanding the lecture. I and several students in my class have informed the university administration about the problem, to which no response has been received yet. '
He said, "The university administration has informed the senior student that their mid-term exams will be taken on the basis of assignments, which is clear evidence that the administration is unable to understand that the completion of the assignments." In the circumstances, it is not possible without the internet and this is equivalent to playing with the future of the students. '
Several students at the National University of Modern Sciences in Islamabad have reported similar difficulties while speaking to the BBC, but none of them are willing to give the name, which is why students from the university. The administration has been reported to have a harsh attitude when it comes to university news on media.
A student from Bajaur district, which merges in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, told the BBC that more than 20 hours of load shedding was being carried out in his area, which resulted in no mobile charge. Not a laptop.
He says that in Bajaur only one mobile company network is provided with the Internet service, which allows you to attend WhatsApp messages, even if it takes two to three days to attend online classes.
A student from Namal University, a resident of a village in Larkana district of Sindh, says that in cases of the corona epidemic, getting an Easy-Load or Internet Package has become a big problem for me.
"Due to Corona situation in Sindh, the local administration and police are much more strict than other parts of Pakistan; it is difficult and dangerous to get out of the house on the one hand, and on the other hand all the trading centers are completely closed, and There are no mobile cards or easy loads available at the shops that are open.
Zainab Aurangzeb, a student at PU University Lahore, says that her university administration is taking a serious look at online classes.
“Both students and teachers are not very understanding of technology. The Coronavirus has severely affected students psychologically and in such situations when you are unable to understand the teacher's voice and it is not possible to ask them again, this is where it is educationally harmful. Psychologically, it is a very painful process. '
What Students Say About Organizations
Progressive Students, a student organization, has been voicing social media on the issue of online classes, exams, and fees from public and private educational institutions across the country.
Ali Behram, a member of the organization's Central Committee, told the BBC that some of the country's largest cities have been offered plans by the government to take online classes in a crisis created by the Coronavirus. Can be processed to the extent of
Ali Behram says, "Technology in Pakistan has not advanced enough to provide online education to a student living in Balochistan or any other remote area."
He said: "The whole country is in lockdown, businesses are closed, human lives are at risk, and educational institutions, especially private universities, are asking students to pay fees." The facility was acquired by poor parents because it was not possible for them to pay their children's fees in one go. ”
Ali Behram said private university students are being affected the most.
"On the one hand they are losing their education and the parents' economies are getting weaker. On the other hand, taking online classes under psychological pressure is something they do not understand."
However, it is not possible for private educational institutions, which pay their teachers and employees to pay student fees, to provide relief to students without government intervention.
What is a government position?
Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood told the BBC that the Higher Education Commission is an independent body and can take all possible steps to resolve complaints raised by students regarding online classes. ۔
He said that the federation has taken steps to deal with the situation caused by the Coronavirus related to schools, colleges, and examinations through constant contact with the provinces.
"But we also have to keep in mind that if the same situation continues for the next few months then there can be a lot of disadvantages in the educational field like in other departments, so there is no solution other than online classes. Through which comprehensive educational activities can be undertaken. The Higher Education Commission may also want to continue the online classes, looking to the future. '
Talking about the problems facing the students of private educational institutions, Shafqat Mahmood said that private institutions pay their employees and other expenses because of this.
"We saw in Sindh province that after the complete lockdown, there were incidents in which the restaurant fired its employees to reduce costs."
Federal Education Minister said that a high-level meeting was held in Bani Gala in Islamabad on Sunday under the leadership of Prime Minister Imran Khan to hand over coronavirus. The meeting also discussed the demand for non-payment of fees and the status of educational institutions due to the prevailing circumstances of parents who are studying in private educational institutions.
He said that the federal government was considering this issue and it would be decided in the coming days what role we could play in resolving it.
Source: BBC
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