India's New Class of Digitally Poor Citizens
As many as 80% of Indian students couldn't access online schooling during lockdown. Dhiru, an Indian teenager who entered 10th grade this year, hasn't attended even one day of class since the academic year began in April. The school was closed for months amid the pandemic, but even since it reopened Dhiru's mother Rekha Devi is afraid to send her son to class. Unlike some schools, Dhiru's doesn't offer online instruction -- and even if it did, the family doesn't own a computer or a smartphone to access the internet. "The school is now saying, 'Come and attend class,' but we don't want to take...
Source: ndtv.com