This story is from June 22, 2020

Teachers in Telangana lose jobs as schools tie up with e-learning platforms

With schools tying up with online learning platforms to deliver virtual classes to students (class 6 to 10), majority of the teachers working with private budget schools are completely sidelined as most educational institutions have not renewed teachers’ contracts.
Teachers in Telangana lose jobs as schools tie up with e-learning platforms
The e-learning firms are offering either recorded lessons or live classes or both to several schools based on a school’s requirement, with a few charging less than a teacher’s monthly salary for a year’s subscription
HYDERABAD: With schools tying up with online learning platforms to deliver virtual classes to students (class 6 to 10), majority of the teachers working with private budget schools are completely sidelined as most educational institutions have not renewed teachers’ contracts.
The e-learning firms are offering either recorded lessons or live classes or both to several schools based on a school’s requirement, with a few charging less than a teacher’s monthly salary for a year’s subscription.

“We have got into an agreement with a firm to create, manage and run virtual schools. The firm agreed to provide recorded lessons to our students for Rs 10,000 per school for the academic year 2020-21,” Telangana Recognised School Management Association president Y Shekar Rao said, adding several schools in the state, especially in Karimnagar, Sircilla, Mancherial districts, have already started virtual classes through their app. He said the managements have taken this decision to ensure that budget schools survive in these circumstances. “Once schools reopen and parents start paying fee, we will be renewing contracts of our teachers,” Rao said.
The e-learning firms confirmed they were receiving many enquiries from schools and tied up with quite a few to offer virtual classes. “All video lessons are available in our repository. It’s up to the correspondents or teachers to decide what students need to watch on a particular day,” said managing director of EkaLavya,Y Sumanth Rao.
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