Covid-19: IIT-Bombay scraps face-to-face lectures, goes online next sem

The decision, the first by any IIT, followed deliberations that went on till late night Wednesday

Current Affairs : Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay will go totally online next semester and not call understudies for eye to eye addresses taking into account the Covid-19 pandemic, its chief said on Thursday.

The choice, the first by any IIT, followed consultations that went on till late night Wednesday.

“After a long consideration in the Senate, we have concluded that the following semester will be run absolutely in the online mode so that there is no trade off on the security and prosperity of the understudies. The Covid pandemic has made us reexamine the manner in which we confer training to our understudies, IIT-Bombay executive Subhasis Chaudhuri said in an announcement to the media.

“To guarantee that our understudies start the scholarly year immediately, we are anticipating broad online classes subtleties of which will be educated to all understudies at the appointed time of time,” he included.

Different IITs are likewise liable to follow the suit. Be that as it may, no official conclusion has been taken at this point.

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