Nipah outbreak | Online classes for students in Kozhikode’s containment zones

General Education Minister V. Sivankutty on Wednesday directed Director of General Education Shanavas S. to arrange online classes so that students in schools within containment zones declared in connection with the Nipah outbreak in Kozhikode district could attend lessons sitting at home. Accordingly, the Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education has been entrusted with making the arrangements for online classes using its G-Suite platform. In the 2021-22 academic year, G-Suite login was provided to 20 lakh students in classes 8 to 12 and one lakh teachers. KITE Chief Executive Officer K. Anvar Sadath said that as directed by the Minister, arrangements had been made on G-Suite for schools in districts or taluks where holidays had been declared on account of rain fury to conduct classes online to minimise academic disruptions.