Lecture through EDUSAT to help students crack exams

Avneet Kaur

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, March 2

In a notification issued to all District Education Officers (DEOs) and school heads of the state, the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Punjab, has asked the schools to ensure that all Class X students at their respective government schools on March 6 attend the one-hour special programme of experts through EDUSAT Education through Satellite (EDUSAT).

In the one-hour special programme, an expert lecture would be telecast, in which students will be apprised of various guidelines and tips on how to attempt the question paper; time management; to solve tricky questions; the frequently asked questions and how to remain calm during the exam.

The 60 minute EDUSAT session will be held from 11 am to 12 pm at the government schools. The DEOs have been told to make the requisite arrangements so that a majority of students may make use of the session to ensure good results.

Talking to the Tribune, a spokesperson of the Education Department said as the internet had aken a prominent place in our day to day lives, there was no area which remains untouched by this technology.

In the past few years, education has also received a major boost with regard to e-content and e-courses. Edusat provides an opportunity for the students to gain information and knowledge about anything and everything from experts by sitting at their classroom.

He said: “Almost all government high and senior secondary schools have the EDUSAT facility in order to procure better results in the board exams. We have arranged special expert lecture to ease the stress of the students and to address their queries related to the board pattern and questions asked”.

When contacted, a principal of the Government Girls Senior Secondary School here to know about the advantages and disadvantages of the lectures through Edusat, pleading anonymity, she said: “Not many students love to be taught through this audio/visual format. Sometimes, even teachers don’t understand the lecture.”

“ Its better if the department stops this practice and provides the recorded lecture in some memory chip, which can be watched a number of times or send experts for a two-way interaction in schools before the exams,” she added.

She said: “Sometimes experts speak in English and students don’t understand it easily. Moreover, the lecture is live and if someone missed a single sentence, it is difficult to know the meaning of the next sentence.”