The Sarakari Shaale Ulisi Belesi State Committee and Sri Durga Charitable Trust launched a postcard campaign in order to mount pressure on the Karnataka government to reopen government-run schools at the earliest. The campaign began at Upgraded Primary School at Daddalakadu. More than 1,000 parents voluntarily took part in the…
Karnataka education department looks to revive ‘Vidyagama’
The Karnataka government is likely to resume the ‘Vidyagama’ programme with some fine-tuning. Under the revitalised programme, teachers will meet students in small batches, instead of resuming offline classes in a full-fledged manner
When a bus stop becomes your school: How students are forced to learn in rural Karnataka
Without internet at home, students in remote areas have found it difficult to connect to online classes in the pandemic, forcing them to log into virtual classrooms in bus stops, roadsides and temple verandahs.
In academic year 2019-20, only 22% Indian schools had Internet
Less than 30% government schools had computers: Education Ministry data.
Newark kept the data under wraps
When Newark students took a series of diagnostic tests last fall, some seven months into the pandemic, the results were alarming: Nearly 80% of third graders and almost 90% of fourth graders would “not meet the passing score” on the state math exams, according to a district analysis that was…