Most of the schools across the globe have been shut down and many cities have gone on lockdown to protect the citizens from dismally increasing deadly novel coronavirus or Covid-19.

However, the teachers have been making constant efforts to disseminate important information during this ongoing pandemic. 

Educators in Gujarat have come up with innovative ways thatâll attract and educate the students at the same time about the deadly virus and will also persuade them to maintain social distancing and hygiene.

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Recently, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg gave a shout out to Gujarat schools, for informing students through videos and infographics about the pandemic, in her post.

She took to her Facebook handle and wrote, âI want to take a moment to say thank you to all the teachers, education officials and others who are doing everything they can to keep their kids and their communities informed during the COVID-19 outbreak.â

She took the example of Gujarat where more than 1 lakh educators from across thousands of schools are using 'Workplace by Facebook', an online team collaboration tool, to disseminate information about Covid-19 and its preventive measures. 

She wrote, "In the state of Gujarat in India, there are more than 100,000 educators across thousands of schools using Workplace from Facebook to share videos, infographics, and news in real-time - everything from the latest government advice to videos like the one in the picture, showing how to encourage children to wash their hands.â

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Along with the post, she shared a screenshot from a September 2019 video which was filmed at Amargadh Primary School, that shows the right technique to wash hands. The video was shared on 'Workplace by Facebook' in March. 

The post was also shared by Sheryl on Instagram and has garnered around 1K likes and many comments. 

Hereâs what the people on social media have to say about the post:

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The novel coronavirus has claimed over 7000 lives worldwide and the number of infected cases in India is around 137 people, said the health ministry on Tuesday. 

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All we can hope is for this to end and meanwhile, keep on taking preventive measures and stay indoors to keep ourselves safe from the pandemic.

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