Odisha allows visually impaired teachers to take online classes from their homes

Odisha Government’s Higher Education division has allowed visually impaired teachers to take online classes from their residence until COVID-19 scenario normalizes.

A letter on Monday from the division with the topic line–”Guidelines for On-Line Teaching of Under Graduate and Post-Graduate Students of All Colleges underneath the Administrative Control of Higher Education Department”, learn, “In continuation to the letter under reference, Government have been pleased to allow the visually impaired teachers to take online classes from their residence till resumption of normalcy in COVID-19 pandemic. They are not required to come to college to take on-line classes.”

Commissioner-cum-secretary, Higher Education Department has written to the principals of all of the Degree Colleges coming underneath Higher Education Department in State asking them to take mandatory steps on this regard.