DoSE directs all employees of govt schools to be in station

Kohima, April 20 (MExN): Following the State’s government’s order on April 19 regarding closure of schools, the Directorate of School Education (DoSE) has issued directives for strict compliance by all employees serving under the Department of School Education, Nagaland.

All categories of teachers, officers/staff serving in government schools, DEO/Sr SDEO/SDEO establishments shall remain in station and attend duties at respective establishments. No employee shall leave station without obtaining Station Leave Permission from competent authorities, DoSE notified.

Teachers have also been directed to prepare explanatory notes, worksheets, assignments etc. for topics given in text books for Classes I to VIII.

School Heads have been notified to make arrangements to distribute the notes; worksheets/assignments etc. to parents of students once or twice in a week on different days/timings for different classes so as to follow the SOPs notified by the State government.

Parents/students shall be notified for submission of the completed worksheets/assignments on specified days at different intervals of time for the different classes. Schools shall collect the completed worksheets/assignments and distribute new notes, worksheets/assignments etc along with feedbacks of the previous worksheets/assignments submitted, the notification stated.

School Heads have been directed to ensure that only a reasonable number of worksheets/assignments which can be completed by students through self-study are given to students.

The DoSE further stated that use of digital/online mode of education will be encouraged. The video lessons broadcasted for classes V to XII during the lockdown period 2020 are still available in Department’s YouTube Channel (DoSE Nagaland) and Facebook Page (School Education, Nagaland), it informed.

Teachers and students have been advised to make use of those videos and it has been informed that more digital/video lessons will be provided shortly by the department.

It also mentioned that parents be encouraged to take interest in the worksheets/assignments of their children and assist in online/digital mode of education as far as possible.

Meanwhile, DoSE stated that regular classes will continue for students of classes 9 and above strictly following the SOPs notified.

Teachers have been directed to record details of notes, worksheets/assignments prepared, distributed and feedbacks given etc. in a note in the format given in Teachers’ Diary. The same shall be checked and countersigned by the School Heads regularly, the notification stated, adding that new Teacher’s Diary will be issued soon.

School Heads are to upload daily activities in the Online School Monitoring Portal (https://school.dosenl.in/) with effect from April 28 before 4 pm of all working days along with attendance report of teachers. 

It is mandatory for all government school teachers (including School Heads) to register at the Teacher’s App, it stated. School Heads shall ensure that all teachers serving under their establishment are registered at the Teacher’s App, it added.

Particulars of teachers who have not yet registered at the Teacher’s App due to mobile number mismatch may be submitted to reports.dosenl@gmail.com through respective DEO/Sr SDEO/SDEO in the specified format before April 26, DoSE notified.