The online-offline model of teaching seems to be leaving many teachers exhausted 

It is another crazy day for mathematics and social science teacher Raga Ravi after the school she works for reopened recently for hybrid learning – a mix of in-person and online instructions.

She has students divided into two batches coming to school on alternate days, besides some who have opted for the online mode.

“Managing my class V students is chaotic; many have forgotten class etiquette as they are attending physical classes after two long years,” she says. If they do not get her attention, they are fidgety and distract the class.

“I have disabled the mute option for students attending mathematics classes from home as it is difficult juggling in-person and online students,” says the middle school teacher who is racing against time to complete the syllabus.

As per the school rule, ‘chat’ is not open for students so those attending classes from home have to wait their turn patiently.

Her biggest challenge is giving adequate attention and support to both the groups. “If I start managing students in class then the online students get bored but we can not do much about it,” says Raga.

She says children in the classroom complain when videos are shown on the laptop. “We can’t be going to the projector room every time to ensure a video is viewed clearly by both the groups,” she says.