Faridpur Virtual School connects students with their teachers, instts in pandemic

FARIDPUR, May 10 (BSS): The twin sisters Israt Jahan Anisha and Nusrat Jahan Tanisha, (14) are attending the virtual classes using their father's android phone that brings them the opportunity to enjoy the online classes.
Although they are residing in their house of Jamadder Dangi village of Charmadhobdia union under Sadar upazila (10 kilometres off their own school), they get learning opportunity through virtual classes.
They are the students of class nine of Saroda Sundari Girls' High School in district town which is closed for last 14 months in line with the government instructions in the wake of coronavirus pandemic but they continued their class through virtual platform.
The word 'virtual' was an imaginary term to them but their father Mawlana Abu Ayub Anasari introduced them the virtual class connecting internet through his mobile device in the time of lockdown period.
"Now the twin can spontaneously log in Facebook and enjoy the live classes timely performed by their respective teachers daily .They take notes as they need , ask questions and submit their home works in the comment box", Ayub Ansari said.
The twin Anisha and Tanisha with a same tone said, "We are happy that we are getting our virtual classes as well as our teachers are in our house via the digital hubs specially laptop and anroid phone."
"Those who don't have any devices can enjoy the classes on TV screen if they wish," they added.
But all has been possible due to an online platform named Faridpur Virtual School (Amar Ghore Amar School -My Home My School) that connects thousands of students with their teachers and institutions in the Covid-19 pandemic situation.
Apurba Kumar Das, a senior teacher of Faridpur Govt Girls' High School, is the brainchild of the digital initiative, which has given a new taste of learning and took back the students in the schools.
As the country as well as the educational institutions are facing lockdown period, the idea of taking virtual classes peeped through the mind of Apurba.
Consulting with A2i officials and experts, Apurba got an inspiration and created a page titled Faridpur Online School using Facebook. He invited different teachers and students to be the members of that page.
He then started taking live classes using his own phone, whiteboard and marker residing in his house of Roghunadanpur (behind Mohim School) area in the town. His invitation for learning staying at home encouraged the young learners day by day and the page he created was joined by the interested guardians, students and different teachers.
Apurba continued his class tirelessly from the different time of day and night pleading all to be connected with this virtual platform for joining the classes on different subjects.