Puducherry: With many private schools starting classes online, Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy has said holding of virtual classes for students appearing for the class 10 public examinations in the Union Territory is not feasible as most of students in rural areas do not have smart phone.
Speaking to reporters, he said that he would write to the Central government in this regard and ensure that the rural students’ interests are taken care of and convenient steps be adopted to hold classes for such students.
He urged the Vice-Chancellor of Pondicherry University Gurmeet Singh to wait for the directives from the Union HRD Ministry on the modalities of holding the university examinations.
The Chief Minister said he has asked the university to reconsider its decision to hold the examinations in July after he received representations from parents.
He said the retail shops, having now brought back to the old locations, would be again forced to move if there was no improvement in adherence to the norms of the virus-induced lockdown such as wearing of masks, maintaining social distancing and other conditions to prevent the spread of the pandemic.
Narayanasamy added: “I will visit the shops shortly and make an on-the-spot assessment and if there is no improvement in adhering to the curbs all the retail vegetable stalls would be shifted to some other places.”