Online school education during lockdown a hit in Kerala, set to enter 2nd phase

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the trial run of the online school education in Kerala turning out to be a huge success to educate and instruct children in the comforts of their homes amid the lockdown, it is poised to enter the second phase now, an official said on Saturday. Over four million students of Class 1 to 10 and 12, studying in over 16,000 state syllabus schools, and their parents gave a tremendous response to the the online classes aired from June 1 to 12. The online education is now available through cable operators, five DTH operators, Victers Web, Facebook and YouTube channel of KITE-Victer, the state-owned body in charge of the endeavour. Every day, there were four periods for Class 12, 3 for Class X and two each for Class 8 and 9, and one period each for all other classes. Each period is of 30 minutes duration. As much as 27 Terabyte data was downloaded in a single day through Victers web - the live web streaming facility of KITE-Victers.

The subscriber base of the YouTube channel of VICTERS (YouTube.com/itsvicters) has reached nearly one million, while over 16.50 lakh downloads of its mobile app was recorded from Google Play.

In the case of some specific classes, the viewership exceeded 40 lakh. Apart from India, the classes were also viewed by hundreds of children in the Middle East as well as American and European regions. (IANS)

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