Sindh announces online classes for students of government schools.

KARACHI -- In view of closure of all public and private schools across the province due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Sindh Education and Literacy Department (SELD) has announced online classes for students of public schools. The department in a tripartite collaboration with UNICEF and Microsoft has established an online digital classroom platform for 6 to 12 graders, according to a notification issued to this effect. 'This is a contemporary distance education mechanism built with the purpose to facilitate online continued teaching and learning process across the province, ' it reads.

As of now, a core group of 75 master trainers has been trained to conduct online large-scale training of teachers for virtual classrooms in order to continue to impart...