This report attempts to gain a better understanding of how the COVID-19 crisis may affect students’ learning. It looks at the different direct and indirect ways through which the virus,and the measures adopted to contain it,may impact children’s achievement
COVID-19 and student performance, equity, and U.S. education policy
This report briefly reviews the relevant literature on educational settings that have features in common with how education is occurring during the crisis and emerging evidence on opportunity gaps during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to propose a three-pronged plan
Open schooling: Odisha kids cross State border chasing Internet connectivity
We sit down for online classes upon finding connectivity.
Tamil Nadu to teach 3 lakh govt teachers computer basics for e-classes
In a major training initiative, the Tamil Nadu school education department will equip all three lakh teachers in government schools with basic functional computer skills to prepare them for online learning, teaching and assessment in the future.
More kids need glasses now, but real spike feared once schools reopen
With students into an online mode of education for more than a year has resulted in a number of young kids requiring spectacles. “Digital Eye Strain” leads to many vision problems among young children.
Students lag in learning as Covid-19 pandemic widens digital gap
Students lag in learning as the Covid-19 pandemic widens the digital gap Learning time for students has reduced during the Covid-19 pandemic to less than four hours daily.
Can schools be reopened during the pandemic?
It is more than a year since the first nationwide lockdown to contain COVID-19 in India started in March 2020, when schools were closed By the end of June 2021 over 150 million children in 19 countries were either attending virtual classes or had no schooling at all.