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Odisha will start livestreaming of school classes on YouTube  from 21th June 21

All School totally shutdown  due to Covid pandemic,

 Odisha government plans to start livestreaming online classes for school students of different classes on video-streaming through website YouTube from 21th June 21.

In a letter to 13 of the 30 district education officers of the state, State Project Director of Odisha School Education Programme Authority(OSEPA) Bhupendra Singh Poonia said the officials in the district have to arrange two classrooms preferably in centre of excellence schools/ Transformation High Schools or schools located near to district headquarter towns for YouTube Live Streaming Virtual Classes. The trial run has to be over by June 17, Poonia wrote.

The districts where the livestreaming classes would be held are

1.Khordha,     2.Balangir,     3.Cuttack,     4.Kendrapara,     5.Ganjam, 6.Koraput,     7.Puri,     8.Dhenkanal,     9.Sundargarh,     10.Nayagarh, 11.Bhadrak,     12.Balasore     and     13.Sambalpur.

Bhupendra Singh Poonia said during live sessions, students can put up questions for subject teachers and those questions will be addressed immediately after the session is over, in a time slot allotted for the interactive question-answer session,

Live streaming is a intimate method of delivering engaging content to the school community.

📌Important Announcement

The OSEPA in the letter to schools said the classrooms should have 

1.walls painted white with low cost sound proofing.

2. sufficient light in the room with special lights or halogen for video recording.

3. Rooms should have AC or at least ceiling fans.

4. A white board (preferably of size 5×4 ft) with marker pens and stand for whiteboard and a flex banner of 6×4 ft size with uniform print matter is needed. 

📌The other requirements are 

5.desktop /laptop with at least 4 GB ram, i5 processor, more than 2 USB ports, 

6. Two cameras, either camcorder video camera or webcam of high resolution with autofocus/zoom,

7.  HDMI Capture Card/ HDMI USB adapter, 

8.  A wireless lapel microphone, 

9. Stand (tripod or other) for camera.