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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

5 Nov 2020 1:35 PM IST

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Online video classes help NEET aspirants in rural India

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

9 Feb 2020 3:01 PM IST

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...

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

23 May 2020 8:45 PM IST

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.et)

Unimpressed by online classes, US students of Brown, Cornell,...

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

4 May 2020 3:45 PM IST

IIT-Bombays 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...

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

25 Jun 2020 7:22 PM IST

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...

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 IST

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...

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

13 Jun 2020 4:44 PM IST

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...

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

27 July 2020 4:20 PM IST

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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 July 2020 6:05 PM IST

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

7 July 2020 12:15 PM IST

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...

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 IST

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...

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

30 Aug 2020 3:22 PM IST