'Lost generation' fears as Covid locks out India's poor students
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05/08/2021 - 05:35
C.S. Satheesha teaches remotely from a treehouse in his back garden, where he can get better reception Manjunath Kiran AFP
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Mumbai (AFP)
C.S. Satheesha spells out "A-P-P-L-E" into his phone as he teaches remotely from the only place he can get a signal -- a treehouse in his back garden in southern India.
In the Kodagu district of Karnataka state, eight-year-old Shreeshma listens to Satheesha's WhatsApp voice notes on her mother's phone on her porch and repeats sentences such as: "This is a cat."