Over 65 per cent students don’t have phones, hence cannot attend online classes

More than 65 per cent of students enrolled in Jharkhand’s government schools cannot access to online classes, figures with the school education and literacy department have highlighted.

As many as 42 lakh students are enrolled in classes 1 to 12 in government schools but only about 14 lakh of them attend online classes, education officials said.

“We have created WhatsApp groups of 3200 BRP (block resource person) and CRP (cluster resource person), who are connected to the teachers in their area. The teachers have further created a group of students in their schools,” said state programme officer for quality education Abhinav Kumar.