The ICSE council will conduct virtual classes on YouTube in October for students of Class X and XII.

The specialised classes by subject teachers will be distinct from the online classes being conducted by schools for their students. These classes will be for council students across the country.

The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations has said that live lessons will be made available on the council’s website for viewing later.

The council started live-streaming lessons in September on the council’s YouTube channel and decided to continue it in October. School heads have been asked to inform students and teachers.

“In view of the positive response received from students, parents, and teachers, the council has decided to continue with these Live Lessons in the month of October,” Gerry Arathoon, chief executive and secretary of the council, said in a circular to the heads of all council schools.

“The links for the respective ICSE and ISC sessions have been provided in the schedule. You are requested to share these links with your students and teachers.”

The first class started on Thursday and will continue till October 20.

The council has said the timing for ICSE and ISC sessions in October will be 11am to noon.

“During live sessions, students can put up questions for subject teachers. These questions will be addressed immediately after the session is over, in a time slot allotted for the interactive question-answer session,” Arathoon said in the circular. “Answers to questions not addressed during the live session will be made available on the notice board of the council’s website.”

The schedule contains subjects such as biology, mathematics, and English literature for ISC and English literature and mathematics for ICSE students.

The council has said each live session at the ICSE and ISC levels includes assignments given at the session’s end.

“If students upload the assignments, schoolteachers can grade them. We had received positive feedback from students regarding the initiative,” Sujoy Biswas, the principal of Rammohan Mission High School, said.

“In fact, the live sessions are made available for viewing later for the benefit of students who could not attend the session because of power cuts or Net connectivity problems,” Biswas said.