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The country & s biggest and oldest university-- Tribhuvan University-- has actually claimed that it has actually nearly finished — all preparations to create digital identification of its trainees, teachers and other staffers to start online teaching and learning in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
TU said it had actually broken a handle Microsoft to produce its own digital domain for almost 500,000 members, including more than 450,000 trainees.
According to Ridish Kumar Pokharel, executive director at the Office of Planning Directorate, TU, the varsity will now have its own domain to keep information associated to curriculum, professors, colleges, digital library and other resources.
The site will have different pages for colleges( constituent or affiliated) which can be accessed by the college chief and instructors of that particular instructor.
& Each student, after being registered in the university, will get an unique identity name and the password to access the site, where trainees can get access to their curriculum and even interact with their teachers, & Pokharel stated.
Each student can get around 50 GB data to use the website where they can download their curriculum and research products and also upload their assignments and research study works.
Pokharel, nevertheless, also stated digitising the whole university might be a tough job for a country like Nepal.
TU claimed that the new system would assist in offering continuity to teaching-learning activities even during the lockdown, nevertheless, it is not likely to bear fruit any time quickly.
TU had actually revealed it would digitise itself five years ago, however is still having a hard time to establish computer systems and projectors in its colleges and class and provide internet gain access to.
In spite of all odds, the university claims it has practically finished producing accounts for teachers and colleges.
The university has actually likewise offered training to instructors on online teaching.
It has likewise started the procedure of buying servers
with high bandwidth for the function.
& We are hoping that the new digital platform will help students communicate with teachers, get research study materials and concentrate on their studies even if the lockdown continues, & Pokheral said.
A variation of this article appears in e-paper on June 9, 2020, of The Himalayan Time The post TU all set to go digital with its own domain appeared initially on The Himalayan Times.
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