Coronavirus: Karnataka technical education department directs colleges against use of Zoom for virtual classes

The state technical education department following the Union Home Ministry’s guidelines, has directed all its colleges not to use the Zoom app to conduct online classes during the ongoing lockdown period.

Considering the Union goverment advisory that Zoom is not safe, the department has taken the decision and issued a circular asking all government, aided and unaided engineering, polytechnic (Diploma) colleges to stop using the app immediately.

The department recommended the use of a free app developed by TCS: “TCS iON Digital class room” or any other Apps recommended by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to conduct online classes from now on.