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‘Digital Divide’ a Curse for Jharkhand’s Tribal Children as They Forget Past Learnings -Saurav Kumar

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As schools remain closed, poor tribal villagers cannot afford smartphones and computers to aid their children’s online education, leaving this young population facing a precarious future.

“I wish doors of the primary school are unlocked for our children after being closed for 16 months and if it does not happen the younger generation will permanently fall out of the education system,” says Dhaneshwari Devi of Dumbi village in Latehar district of Jharkhand. Dumbi, a tribal hamlet located 130 km west of Ranchi, is a Naxal-affected conflict zone and faces the continuing grip of backwardness.

Dhaneshwari stresses the need to re-open schools because her son Sujit, a turd standard student, is witnessing a qualitative downfall in studies. He has forgotten to read his school textbooks as the daily routine of classes is affected.

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