DPS STS School Dhaka has been conducting online classes with above 85 per cent participation of its students during this pandemic, says a press release.
It started offering online preparatory classes for all its board examination candidates, according to a press release.
The classes have started on 10 May and will continue throughout summer session.
Due to coronavirus pandemic, many boards across the world, including IB and Cambridge, have decided to cancel their current examinations and suggested schools providing predictive grading based on the last year's class performance of the students.
However, DPS STS Dhaka, a full Cambridge curriculum institution, has started to conduct online classes for the candidates.
Considering both the financial hardships being faced by parents, and students’ preparation requirements, DPS STS School – which has already provided financial support to parents in the form of EMIs for tuition fee payment and freeze in tuition fee hikes – has come forward to provide without-charge summer holidays online preparatory classes for all its board exam candidates.
Madhu Wal, principal, Delhi Public School Dhaka said, “The pandemic has already impacted over 72 per cent of the learners who have been enrolled in different educational institutions around the world.
On top of it, the decision of the Cambridge Examination Board cancelling the exams and making assessments based on previous year’s class exams can create issues for the students. To prevent such issues, we have decided to conduct online classes for the candidates without any charge.”
For the board preparatory online classes, the teachers have developed extensive lesson plans and they will focus on the topics where the students need further support, says the press release.
Individual queries of the candidates will also be solved during the online classes. A series of mock tests have been designed to assess the candidates' progression through the preparatory classes.
Afterwards, feedback will be provided to the students regarding necessary improvements, it adds.