-The Hindu Having observed National Technology Day (May 11) this week, we look at the stark digital divide among Indian students during the pandemic and lockdowns — but there is still hope Bangalore: Sruthi Sri Laxmi, a Class XII student in Coimbatore, last attended school on March 16, before it closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. She has been learning via WhatsApp ever since. The notes and assignments would be posted in...
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Indian education can’t go online – only 8% of homes with young members have computer with net link -Protiva Kundu
-Scroll.in The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed how rooted structural imbalances are between rural and urban, male and female, rich and poor, even in the digital world. As an immediate measure to stem the spread of Covid-19, most educational institutions have been shut since the end of March. It is still difficult to predict when schools, colleges and universities will reopen. There are few options other than to shift to digital platforms from...
More »West Bengal to ask parents to collect mid-day meal supplies from schools -Bishwanath Ghosh
-The Hindu Guardians of students from Classes III to VIII to collect 3 kg of rice and 3 kg of potatoes. Kolkata: The West Bengal government will supply rice and potatoes for the month of April to students from Classes III to VIII of its schools, who are eligible for mid-day meals but are staying home due to the lockdown, in the wake of coronavirus (COVID-19). Guardians of these students will be...
More »As schools switch to online classes, students from weaker sections get cut off from learning -Abha Goradia
-The Indian Express Amid the lockdown, Vaishali, whose parents are construction workers, has been living out of a half-built construction site in Tilak Nagar. Mumbai: A couple of days ago, a teary-eyed Vaishali, a student of class VI at Maharashtra Aikyavardhak Mandal in Tilak Nagar, called her school teacher Sangita Patil. Amid the lockdown, Vaishali, whose parents are construction workers, has been living out of a half-built construction site in Tilak Nagar. “She...
More »COVID-19: Anganwadis shut, Kerala govt home delivers mid-day meal supplies to kids -Neethu Joseph
-TheNewsMinute.com Raw materials of food, including oil, rice and rava, are being delivered to the students’ homes. In a gesture of goodwill, the Kerala government has started measures to deliver ingredients for mid-day meals to over three lakh children studying in anganwadis, which have been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is to ensure the undisrupted supply of meals to the students. Since Tuesday, schools, colleges, educational institutions and anganwadis have been...
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