School teachers object to monitoring of online classes
View(s):The Western Province Education Ministry’s recent letter to schools about online teaching conducted by school teachers, has come under much fire from several teachers. The letter said online classes will be monitored by schools principals and the ISA (In-service Advisors) of schools.
The Ceylon Teachers Union (CTU) said teachers conduct online classes via Zoom, Microsoft and other apps through their own initiatives, and the Government had no right to monitor the classes.
CTU General Secretary Joseph Stalin also said teachers were not given any assistance for conducting the classes and they used their own resources including phones and mobile data to teach their students.
“Furthermore, a survey has revealed that online teaching is unsuccessful. We are totally against this move,” Mr Stalin said. -CC