GIIS Ahmedabad is operating Virtual Classroom sessions for Kindergarten to Grade 12 as the school opened for the new term amidst the lockdown due to COVID-19 outbreak. A webinar by the school, that was attended by hundreds of parents, informed them about Virtual Classrooms and also shared details of the new term.

From 6th April onwards, all the classes at GIIS Ahmedabad are joining virtual lessons conducted by teachers through video-conferencing technology. They are using their home-based smart devices to connect to virtual lessons and join the interactive sessions where teachers are conducting subject-wise lessons.

During the interactive Virtual Classrooms, students can listen to the teacher, respond to questions, be heard by the rest of the participants and also write on the whiteboard.

The school has prepared a time table for each class which is put on myGIIS, the internal communication app for parents and students, along with details like link, username and password required to connect to the Virtual Classroom sessions. There is a dedicated helpdesk to assist the students in connecting to Virtual Classroom sessions and ensuring that it runs smoothly.

Watch this video to experience a Virtual Classroom at GIIS:

The initiative by GIIS to offer Virtual Classroom sessions received a very positive response from the parent community who think that the step is hugely benefitting the children in starting their new term in a timely manner irrespective of the lockdown due to COVID-19.

Parent of Akshaansh Sharma, Grade 1, said “great session. Akshaansh had fun learning. Really appreciate the efforts by GIIS and the entire team. Looking forward to future sessions.” While another parent said, “GIIS has been really efficient and timely in starting Virtual Classrooms and it is a big relief for the parents that children’s academic progress will not take a back seat due to the lockdown.”

The futuristic vision of GSF schools has made it possible for GIIS campuses all over the world to switch to Virtual Classrooms and start the new term irrespective of the fact that the students cannot physically come to the school due to lockdown. According to Mr Atul Temurnikar, Chairman of Global Schools Foundation, “education should be seamless and to make it possible our schools have totally adopted Virtual Classrooms across its campuses getting its entire 15,000 cohort onboard this new way of schooling”.

By pioneering virtual learning, GIIS has taken a strategic step towards delivering education online at the time when COVID-19 is causing large-scale disruptions in the education sector as well.

Watch this video to get a glimpse of the webinar on Virtual Classrooms: