Tamil Nadu government arts and science colleges scrap evening shifts — plans to add over 700 classrooms to facilitate morning classes

• As many as 61 government Arts and Science colleges in Tamil Nadu are planning to do away with rotational classes as less number of students turn up to attend the evening shifts.
  
• The colleges will be transformed to operate in single morning shifts.
  
• According to the order by the Department of Higher Education, these government colleges will be facilitated with additional 715 classrooms.
  
• Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu's Higher Education Department is also leveraging online learning via Moodle app — which enables offline access to the course and monitors progress.

As many as 61 government Arts and Science colleges in Tamil Nadu are planning to do away with rotational classes as less number of students turn up to attend the evening shifts. The colleges will be transformed to operate in single morning shifts.

According to the order by the Department of Higher Education, these government colleges will be facilitated with additional 715 classrooms. The order by the Director of College Education, Jyoti Venkateswaran has listed the additional requirements including furniture etc, and the funds to convert all the classes into a single course.

Once the provisions are made, the morning schedule for the classes shall be communicated to the state government colleges. In February 2020, the Department of Biotechnology merged the two rotational classes that take place between 9:30 am to 4:30 pm.

Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu's Higher Education Department is also leveraging online learning via Moodle app — which enables offline access to the course and monitors progress. The State Council for Higher Education will be conducting training workshops on 'Design, Develop and Deliver Online Courses through Moodle Platform' for teachers in government arts and science colleges on May 15 and 16.

The higher education body will onboard nearly 1,000 teachers from the government arts and science colleges to enable learning through this online programme.

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