The Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA) has joined hands with the All India Radio (AIR) to impart audio lessons in all major subjects to students of Classes IX and X for minimizing their academic losses due to the ongoing lockdown. SEBA Chairman Ramesh Chandra Jain told The Sentinel on Saturday that teachers are imparting audio lessons in Assamese, Bengali and Bodo languages through radio stations across the State. He added that while teachers are addressing students in the Assamese language in the Brahmaputra Valley, the Bengali language is being used for the Barak Valley students. "Students studying in schools across the Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) are learning their lessons in both Bodo and Assamese languages," Jain said. The lessons in Assamese and Bengali languages are aired between 12.30 pm and 1.30 pm. Teachers are addressing students in Bodo languages from 5.30 pm to 6.30 pm. Audio lessons are being aired from Monday to Friday. While teachers address students between 12.30 pm and 1 pm, students can ask questions on the lessons to the teachers from 1 pm to 1.30 pm during the radio programmes. Expressing satisfaction over students' responses towards the radio-lesson programmes, Jain said that nearly 20,000 made calls to AIR to ask questions during the English lesson class on Friday. He added that the SEBA is exploring all options to reach out to students – both in the online and the offline modes — to minimise the academic loss due to the lockdown over coronavirus. Enthused by the success of radio lessons for Class IX and X students, the Education department is introducing lessons on the similar line for students of Class XII. Lessons for Class-XII students are expected to start from Monday. "We welcome the SEBA's initiative. Since reopening of schools and colleges has become uncertain, there is no other option but to take innovative measures for teaching and learning. Radio lessons will also be helpful for students staying in remote and rural areas who do not have access to the Internet," said Mahibul Islam who is a teacher.
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