In the everyday things-to-do list of Reshma Vadepurakal, surfing the internet is right on top. The urgency is not to check her mail or visit networking sites, but to visit the website of her daughter’s school to check the daily homework uploaded online. With most of the city schools going hi-tech, giving home work online is the latest move by some to make life easier for both students and parents.

At Bishop’s School, online homework is a daily routine for students of all classes. “It helps parents to verify and tally the homework with the work written in the school diary,” says Frank R Freese, principal. Vadepurakal, mother of Anushka Vadepurakal, a UKG student of Bishop’s Co-Ed School, Kalyaninagar, feels that the concept works well, especially when a child is unable to attend school for some reason.

“Instead of calling her classmates to enquire about the homework given, I can just go online and check,” she says. However, she does find getting the homework pages printed cumbersome. “Copying it in the pen drive and giving it for printing is a big headache,” she adds.

At Delhi Public School (DPS), although the regular way of giving homework still continues, practice sheets are uploaded for revision on a regular basis. Also, once the syllabus gets over, special course material is uploaded on the website of the school for the reference. “The facility was really helpful during swine-flu, when the school was shut for more than a week. Even the parents were happy that instead of wasting time at home, children were able to access lessons to be taught at school through the school’s website,” said junior wing coordinator Sumana Mandal, DPS.

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