Kerala govt enables access to online classes for 2.42 lakh students

Kerala has taken a significant step towards bridging the digital divide in education by ensuring that 2.42 lakh students marked out by the government for lacking access to online classes now have the means, the state’s Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan project director Dr A P Kuttikrishnan told The Indian Express.

Since May 15, the state government has rallied support from politicians and civil society to provide television sets to anganwadis, libraries, schools and study centres where left-out students can watch their lessons, aired on the state educational channel, together. In other words, access was ensured by providing devices at common areas where a group of students can study together.