Hyderabad, June 24: Governor Dr.
Tamilisai Soundararajan called upon the educational institutions and teachers
to take care of the health of the students during the Covid-19 pandemic
conditions.
“We need to make sure that they are
in good health which in turn will boost their positive mood and help them
overcome this difficult pandemic time,” she added.
She was participating as the chief
guest at the inaugural of the two-day Webinar on “Impact of Covid-19 on Higher
Education Human Resources,” organized by the Gandhigram Rural Institute, A
Deemed to be University, from the Raj Bhavan, here.
She stated that there were more than
1.5 billion students who are out of their schools, colleges, and universities
across the globe due to the pandemic.
“Though we are offering online
classes, they cannot substitute regular classroom teaching. The students are
missing their educational institutional surroundings, friends, and even the
canteen. It is here we must ensure that they should not get depressed,” the
Governor said.
Elaborating the importance of
maintaining a positive mood of the students, Dr. Soundararajan said that
positive mood contributes to better immunity, whereas the negative mood results
in decreased immunity.
Referring to the challenges in the
education sector due to the pandemic, the Governor stated that after health and
economy, the education sector is the most affected and added that we must not
allow this to deny the learning and employment opportunities of the youngsters.
“The Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modiji’s initiatives in developing Digital India and Digital
Classrooms and Digital Learning are now proving very useful and we must use
them to continue our teaching and learning,” she added.
The Governor listed out the
initiatives like Connect Chancellor, video conferences with universities,
virtual graduation ceremonies, etc., taken up by her during the pandemic to
engage and motivate the students and added that they proved immensely
successful.
Given the opportunities, Dr.
Tamilisai Soundararajan said that the students will excel in whatever the task
they are given.
Gandhigram Rural Institute
Vice-Chancellor Dr. M. Sundaravadivelu, Registrar Dr. V P R Siva Kumar,
Convenor of the Webinar Prof. Sundarapandian and around 700 participants were
present.
-Press note
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