Father of Pratham Khanal (Grade VI)
A Great Year with mixed experiences
COVID-19 triggered a learning platform and brought a new experience in everyone’s life as all of us were not aware of it. Every student wants to meet his/her friends and teachers in the first day in a new class. But this year was totally different. As a parent, I was really worried whether my child could continue his studies in this year or not due to this pandemic. At the same time it was a kind of dream conducting virtual classes in Nepal.
Triyog School started online classes to engage students in studies from home and to give them a new experience of studies from home. Lots of thought and doubt were going during that period. Most of the students were not able to use electronic gadgets but as the time passed, they got familiar to it. In the meantime, they got to know how to join classes, see their assignments and conduct meeting which I hope it helped a lot. It was a bit hard for teachers to to make the students understand the course as it was a completely new platform. The most common thing that all of the students faced was missing some of their virtual classes due to various problems. From the flow of online classes, I hope most of them got a new experience of leadership skills from conducting meetings to meetings, helping their friends in studies and speaking as a leader. Initially online learning model was challenging but students adapted it.
One of the best moments were competitions. From sports to art to speaking. Triyog has made them engaging students by conducting various programs such as Solo dance, Art competition, Craft Competition, Photography competition and many more. This helped the students to express their talents and in the same time enjoy while performing. Beside competitions they got to interact with many people from which they learned and liked it. The school assembly was also conducted virtually which gave everyone the understanding of National Anthem, School Song, Various assembly presentations, etc. This, gave a new level of experience doing all these virtually.
One club that every school should open is the Gavel Club. According to me as a parent this platform is the best to improve speaking and leadership skills. As a child’s parent, I have seen a lot of improvement in his speech after he joined the Gavel Club. So, everyone will be developing their speaking skill in this club.
Triyog completed this academic session virtually without missing most of the academic things, which is a great achievement. The year also proved to teach them many things. Building their various qualities and making the students enjoy was an extraordinary one. The mix of virtual and physical classes was a unique session.