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A student holds a mobile phone for another so that he can listen to instructions from a teacher as children wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus attend online classes at a slum on the outskirts of Jammu. (PTI file photo)

AA Edit | 5G-6G must cut digital divide

Reports have shown that the education of a large number of children suffered irreparably owing to their inability to access online classes

20 May 2022 12:38 AM

DU warns students of action found posting vulgar messages during online classes

In an advisory issued by the proctor's office of the varsity, it said admissions of students may even be cancelled in such a scenario

30 Jan 2022 2:13 PM

Kids going to school, even with the consent of parents, could resist the sudden shift and some could even develop symptoms of anxiety, due to the fear of virus and a new system put in place at school campuses, psychology experts opined. (Representational Image/AA)

Going back to school may impact children psychologically: Experts

The sudden switch to online classes was the first to take a psychological toll on students and now the shift back to physical classes

26 Jan 2021 4:35 AM

The latest Annual Status of Education Report (ASER 2020 Wave 1), released online late last month, reaffirms a positive trend: households in India, both rich and poor, are pinning their hopes on education as a passport to upward mobility, even in the times of Covid-19. (Representational Image: AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | Prioritise the needs of most vulnerable kids

The pandemic has once again sledgehammered the fact that in digital India, everyone is not equal

05 Nov 2020 1:35 PM

Mathematics teacher Basirat Olamide Ajayi, 36, teaches probability theory with the aid of playing cards, online via her mobile phone from her house in Lagos, Nigeria Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. Ajayi’s free classes are attracting students from all over Nigeria, and now students abroad are joining. A recent request came from Canada. Ajayi says she is beginning to see herself as a global teacher. (Photo | AP)

Pandemic opens global opportunity for maths teacher taking classes on Twitter, Instagram and WhatsApp

Students watch Basirat Olamide Ajayi’s short math videos—no more than 5 minutes long—and respond to her questions.

07 Sep 2020 5:54 PM

Naomi Leight-Giveon, the founder of PodSkool, a company in the Los Angeles area that assists parents looking to form pods, said the reaction to the concept has been overwhelming. Especially for younger children not always able to engage in online learning, the learning pods provide much-needed socialisation. (Photo | PodSkool)

'Learning pods' replacing traditional schools as online classes just don't cut it

Learning pods are popping up because many parents realise that their children are not doing well with online learning.

30 Aug 2020 6:44 PM

In this picture taken on August 13, 2020, Kalbeliya gypsy dancer Aasha Sapera practices before hosting online dance classes amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Jodhpur. (Photo | AFP - Sunil Verma)

Zoom or nothing: Kalbeliya dancers get online on patchy mobile data to teach classes for a living

Many live in huts or tents with infrequent electricity and non-existent wifi; it’s tough but keeps them just about going amid the pandemic.

30 Aug 2020 3:22 PM

In petitions started at dozens of universities, students arguing for reduced tuition say online classes fail to deliver the same experience they get on campus. (Representational Image: AFP)

As more colleges stay online, students demand tuition cuts

Many schools, however, respond that they have improved online classes since the spring and insist remote learning is worth the full cost

23 Aug 2020 1:37 PM

Looking for a signal to attend virtual classes is a common activity in areas with poor internet connectivity. The coronavirus has allowed people with money and technology to get on with their lives while the lives of the underprivileged have crumbled. (Photo | AFP)

Online classes only for the privileged, millions of others miss out on education

Many thousands of families do not have smartphones or computers for their children to attend online classes.

27 Jul 2020 4:20 PM

Parents fear online learning will handicap their kids further

Parents are categorical that mere online learning will put children with disabilities at a major disadvantage

22 Jul 2020 6:05 PM

International students in US may be deported if their universities switch to online-only classes due to COVID. (AP Photo)

US asks foreign students to leave country if classes go online

US will not issue visas to students enrolled in schools and/or programmes that are fully online for the fall semester

07 Jul 2020 12:15 PM

IIT-Bombay’s announcement comes at a time the HRD Ministry is holding discussions on revising the academic calendar in view of the spike in COVID-19 cases.

IIT Bombay campus will be empty as new academic year begins, all classes go online

As a large section of students are from economically weak families, the director appealed for donations to help bridge the digital divide.

25 Jun 2020 7:22 PM

Poor people in Chennai living on the banks of a canal in makeshift homes. (Photo | Wikimedia Commons - Milei Vencel)

Will someone help them out? Without smartphones, these poor students are missing online classes

No one in the families of these seven students, and others like them, owns or can afford a smartphone.

13 Jun 2020 6:57 PM

The lockdown induced by the COVID-19 pandemic in March prompted schools and colleges to move to the virtual world for teaching and learning activities. However, many experts say the digital divide in the country may turn online classes into an operational nightmare as there are over 35 crore students in the country.

COVID turns back time to when only the privileged could get an education

When 56 per cent of children have no digital access, online education is exclusionary.

13 Jun 2020 4:44 PM

In 2019, 20 percent of the active population in Greece had no access to the Internet, nearly double the EU average of 10 percent according to Eurostat figures.

Digital snail Greece pushed by coronavirus into rolling out e-governance faster

The government has launched gov.gr, an online platform combining all public services and simplifying online access.

23 May 2020 8:45 PM

A lawyer representing students in more than a dozen cases says colleges themselves often charge lower rates for online classes, which he says is a reflection of their value. (Photo of Columbia University Library | Publicdomainpictures.net)

Unimpressed by online classes, US students of Brown, Cornell, Columbia, other varsities want money back

Some class-action lawsuits seeking partial fee refunds from 26 universities say they are sitting on endowments surpassing USD 1 billion.

04 May 2020 3:45 PM

History teacher Subrata Pati takes an online class for his students, perched on a neem tree, in a village of Bankura district in West Bengal. Pati climbs the tree to get better connectivity during the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown. (Photo | PTI)

Internet connectivity in India too slow and patchy to enable online teaching widely, says QS report

Improved broadband reach and uninterrupted power supply are required if online classes are to become mainstream, survey finds.

21 Apr 2020 4:47 PM

Online video classes help NEET aspirants in rural India

online classes have eliminated the need for coaching centres in villages across India

09 Feb 2020 3:01 PM

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