, April 4 -- Education Minister Dr ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon on Saturday said classes in urban areas will be conducted through a blended system - both offline and online - to help conserve electricity amid the war-induced global crisis.

"We will run classes in urban areas in both offline and online modes to save power," he said while speaking at a view-exchange meeting with centre secretaries of the Cumilla Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, as well as technical and madrasah boards of the region, at the Cumilla Shilpakala Academy.

The minister said a meeting with guardians will be held on Sunday to finalise the plan and gather feedback.

Highlighting the broader shift in the education system, he said the sector is moving towa...