-The Hindu It is a very important first step in addressing the mental health and well-being of children scarred by the pandemic It is now clear that COVID-19 caught us all by surprise. The school education sector in India too struggled during the novel coronavirus pandemic. While online learning for children has had its fair share of challenges, including learning loss, fatigue from online learning to mental stress, there is another group...
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Bihar has Largest Digital Divide Among School Children, Followed by West Bengal, Finds ASER survey -Priyanka Ishwari
-Newsclick.in As per the latest Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2021, Kerala (97.5%), Himachal Pradesh (95.6%) and Manipur (92.9%) are the best-performing states when it comes to school children with at least one smartphone at home. New Delhi: Even as online learning increasingly replaces traditional learning, around 45.6% of children enrolled in schools in Bihar have no smartphone at home, according to the latest Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2021....
More »Explained: Internet access surges during pandemic -Priscilla Jebaraj
-The Hindu But remote work, education, and healthcare still not equally available to all, says survey The story so far: Internet connectivity has shot up over the last year, with most new users attributing their new connections to the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdowns. However, a new nationwide survey found that remote work, education, and healthcare are still not equally available to all, even among those with digital access. How was the study designed? LIRNEasia,...
More »Supreme Court flags consequences of growing digital divide -Krishnadas Rajagopal
-The Hindu Bench says disparity exposed by online classes has been heart-rending The digital divide caused by online classes will defeat the fundamental right of every poor child to study in mainstream schools, the Supreme Court warned on Friday. The court rued how the right to education of little children now hinges on who can afford “gadgets” for online classes and who cannot. Little children whose parents are too poor to afford laptops, tablets...
More »29 million students don’t have access to devices: Govt report -Fareeha Iftikhar
-Hindustan Times According to the data, as many as 29.6 million students from 19 states and five UTs were found to be without digital devices during the surveys conducted by these states and UTs. A report released by Union education ministry on Wednesday said that 29 million school students do not have access to digital devices as per data collected from 24 states and Union Territories (UTs) until June -- data that...
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