JKEC submits recommendations on screen time to DSEK

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, June 9: A delegation of Jammu Kashmir Education Council (JKEC) met the Director School Education Kashmir (DSEK) and submitted a report compiled by a panel regarding appropriate screen time for students and best practice of online education for students.
The DSEK patiently heard the points raised by the delegation. He said that the report will be studied and all the issues will be addressed keeping in view the best interests of students. The JKEC assured the DSEK that all the private schools would abide by the rules and regulations.
After the recent Government order on curbing screen time, JKEC had constituted a panel to get feedback from industry experts and stakeholder regarding the issue. JKEC is of the opinion that any policy change regarding education is a sensitive issue and it should be undertaken after taking on board all stakeholders, educationists and experts.
In this regard the panel held an online Consultative Workshop with experts and stakeholders, who gave their suggestions regarding the same. There was a consensus that online education is the best tool for educating children during these times of pandemic.
The report recommends that decision on the timings of online classes should be taken by the schools and teachers who actually know about the strategies and methodologies to be adopted while delivering lessons online or offline.
The panelists included Prof Roy Anderson, eminent educationist and author of more than two dozen books on Education; Dr Rachna Bhimrajka, eminent educationist from Mumbai and CEO Fun 2 Learn, World Book of Record London Holder ; Prof Hyder, eminent educationist, author and academician, teaching artificial intelligence at the University of Indonesia; Dr Shabnam, eminent Opthamologist from Jammu and Kashmir; Prof Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi, Dean School of Social Sciences, Central University of Kashmir; Dr Armaan Bhupendra Chourasya, Sr Faculty at AIIMS New Delhi; Dr Mehnaz Rehman, Principal City Montessori School Luknow; Prof C L Vishan, former HOD Education, University of Kashmir; Dr Altaf Anjum, Asstt Prof KU, Dr Kanchan Negi, Teacher Trainer and specialist of Pedagogy, Dehradhoon; G N Var, Chairman Private Schools’ Association JK; G N Shakir, academician and former Officer on Special Duty School Education; Prof Firdous, Asstt Prof, Central University of Kashmir and Lopa Shah, Director Dolphin International School Kashmir.