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In government schools, teachers are “I started by sharing some notes on
using multimedia like audio, YouTube class WhatsApp groups and made ppts
video, pictures, presentations, games for the students. I would then share
to engage students. Sharing worksheets the pdf of the chapter from the NCERT
is the most preferred way of teaching book and for a better understanding of
primary students. students, I would share (self-recorded)
audio, ppts, Youtube videos followed
“Colorful worksheets and interesting
videos (shared online) are a nice by home assignments. I also took tests
method …Children are more attentive using Google forms and held quizzes
and attracted to audio-visual aids on Kahoot”..(T6)
which can be used in online classes”.. Teaching strategies for senior secondary
(T4) students

..“more suitable is giving worksheets. A political science teacher of a
Most students respond to this method. government school used a combination
They are eager to know the teacher's of synchronous and asynchronous
responses to their work”..(T5) sessions using Zoom, Skype, and
WhatsApp. She had to initially give
Instructions are given by audio message,
copies corrected by pictures sent by technical assistance to her class XII
students, remarks given in audio/text students regarding live online classes. ….
messages on WhatsApp. “all the students were able to see it properly
and were able to follow my instructions”..
“Question and answer session, ppt, video (T7). Later students could easily join
(from the internet), tutorial video (self- classes. A fine arts teacher with 34
made), assignment, live session to clear years of classroom teaching experience
the concepts” via Microsoft teams are all resorted to YouTube for teaching
part of online teaching being done by painting skills and used e-content from
(T1) a primary teacher of private school. Google. “I searched teaching content on
The school has purchased the license Google and YouTube and sent it to my
and trained teachers to communicate students through WhatsApp”..(T8)
remotely and to conduct synchronous
teaching sessions. The teacher would 2. Challenges faced by the teachers
share the schedule and instruct on
WhatsApp. Online teaching perplexed teachers
and brought a bunch of challenging
Teaching strategies secondary students situations. Some of the challenges are
There is use of a variety of multimedia due to the digital divide and some are a
resources (text, audio, video, ppt), result of an unplanned switch to online
online platforms (WhatsApp, YouTube, teaching.
Kahoot), and online resources (e-book,
Google form) to teach students. As a) Lack of devices and internet
secondary level students can follow In private schools, the teacher can
instructions easily, the teacher tried to connect with 100percent of students.
engage them through various platforms.
In contrast, teachers teaching in

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