KECT during Pandemic

During the challenging times of the pandemic and lockdowns, KECT stood firmly by the families of the students and took the following steps to mitigate the impact of the situation:

1.Un-interrupted Education:

The KECT Academy quickly responded to the new situation brought about by the pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns. The academy came up with an innovative solution as early as in April, 2020. The teachers started sending lessons and assignments to students on their parents' WhatsApp accounts and requesting daily submission of completed assignments. This new method was widely accepted by parents and turned out to be very successful with the close monitoring of the process by the Trustees. The KECT Academy was able to start new classes from April 1st, 2021.

2.Workshop for parents.

A number of workshops were conducted for the parents to enable them to handle the online classes.

3.Engaging students through various events:

The students were engaged through various programmes during the lockdown period. The Independence Day 2020 was celebrated online. As the lockdown relaxed, programmes like Children’s Day, Art Exhibition and Republic Day, 2021 were organized. All these functions were organized following the Covid protocols.

4. Relief distribution to parents during lockdown:

Cash relief and Food grains were distributed to those parents who had lost their sources of income during initial phase of strict lockdown. These benefits were also extended to the non-teaching staff of the KECT. The expenditure on this account was pooled among themselves by the Trustees and fund earmarked for the school was not used for this purpose.

5. Introduction of new classes:

Classes II and III were added in 2020-21 and Class IV in the academic year 2021-22.

6. Workshop and Training for teachers:

A one-day’s workshop and a 20-days’ training on Google Classroom for the teachers were organized.

7. Skill Development programme for the female members of students' families:

A skill development programme on Tailoring and cutting was inaugurated on 27th March, 2021 for the female members of the Students’ families with a view of social and financial empowerment of the women.