Is Virtual classroom the best way to enrich school education? Nistha Neupane, Class 10, SAM Surkhet.

 Is Virtual classroom the best way to enrich school education?

Nistha Neupane, Class 10, SAM Surkhet.

First of all,  warm and delightful good morning to you all, respected subject teacher Mr Betendra Kumar Dahal Sir and my lovely friends. Today it's me Nistha Neupane going to speak against the topic that virtual class is the best way to enrich school education.

 Now the whole world is suffering from covid 19 and most of the counties are in lockdown, all the activities are stopped, all the schools are closed so students can not continue their study. If they go to the school they may suffer from Covid 19. So that school should run the class by using the internet. But this class is not the best way to enrich school education.

We should know the meaning of virtual class. What is virtual class? A virtual classroom is a learning environment in which students engage with the lesson material online. In my view this is not the best way to enrich school education. In the context of Nepal, this is the worst way to run school education. Nepal is an underdeveloped country. In Nepal, here are many challenges to run  virtual classes. Many of the people of Nepal are from poor family background. They may not have laptop, computer or mobile. If they have that gadget there are other problems too.  The main problem is electricity. Internet is also a major problem, Nepal Telecom is under government possession and yet charged heavily. The speed is also not good enough to handle online classes.

Only a few schools in Nepal have started online classes but all of the students are not benefited from virtual class. For example in the virtual class of our school there are total 105 students in class 10 but till now 81 students take the online class but the total number of participants in the one period is in the ratio between 20 to 45. This example makes it clear that all are not getting benefit from online class. The students of our school are not getting this benefit then what about the others who read in government school and have the problem of food to live.  

To conclude I strongly claim that virtual class is not the best way to enrich the school education because all of the students are not getting benefit from it.

Thank you.