How to study online without a smartphone:
With the closure of schools in India, children are studying with smartphones, but there are many families who do not have money to buy smartphones. Also slow internet speed
Has become an obstacle in the study. Due to Corona, about 240 million students in India are studying at home.
Kuldeep Kumar, a farmer from Palampur, sold his cow and bought a smartphone so that his children could participate in online classes. The school has been closed for the last 4 months due to lockdown. On Kuldeep
He was already in debt and the cow was his only asset. Last week he sold the cow for Rs 6,000 and bought a smartphone from it.
"My neighbor has a smartphone, but my children do not want to go to his house every day," Kuldeep Kumar told Reuters news agency. I was worried about their study, so I did
The cow sold. India is the world's second largest smartphone market after China. About one crore people in India have phones that are equipped with internet facility.
Smartphones are a new thing for Kuldeep Kumar and his wife. Neither has ever used it. So their boys are using smartphones.
The internet is most needed for children who have closed school
The internet has become the most important thing for children when school closes. This keeps them engaged in the study. That is why poor or low-income people in the country are buying second hand smartphones for children. About 24 crore children go to school in India. This could boost sales of low-cost smartphones. Sales of second-hand mobiles have increased in rural areas, say those associated with the industry.
With the closure of schools in India, children are studying with smartphones, but there are many families who do not have money to buy smartphones. Also slow internet speed
Has become an obstacle in the study. Due to Corona, about 240 million students in India are studying at home.
Kuldeep Kumar, a farmer from Palampur, sold his cow and bought a smartphone so that his children could participate in online classes. The school has been closed for the last 4 months due to lockdown. On Kuldeep.
He was already in debt and the cow was his only asset. Last week he sold the cow for Rs 6,000 and bought a smartphone from it.
"My neighbor has a smartphone, but my children do not want to go to his house every day," Kuldeep Kumar told Reuters news agency. I was worried about their study, so I did
The cow sold. India is the world's second largest smartphone market after China. About one crore people in India have phones that are equipped with internet facility.
Smartphones are a new thing for Kuldeep Kumar and his wife. Neither has ever used it. So their boys are using smartphones.
The internet is most needed for children who have closed school
The internet has become the most important thing for children when school closes. This keeps them engaged in the study. That is why poor or low-income people in the country are buying second hand smartphones for children. About 24 crore children go to school in India. This could boost sales of low-cost smartphones. Sales of second-hand mobiles have increased in rural areas, say those associated with the industry.
The teacher requests to donate the smartphone
Nagnath Vibhute, a teacher from Pune, has requested to donate a used smartphone with the help of his blog, which can be used by children from poor families in their studies.
Slow internet speed in the village
Teachers are now taking virtual classes but in addition to smartphones, internet is also required for online classes. Maumita Bhattacharjee, a chemistry teacher in Panchgini, Maharashtra, has to deal with slow internet speeds. "The kids feel like a classroom so I've put up a blackboard on the wall," he said. Maumita records everything and then the students download the class from the internet.
The government launched the One Class One Channel
Concerns such as bad connections, phone usage, expensive data plans and sitting in front of the phone screen for too long have forced people to think again for offline study. The Ministry of Human Resources recently launched the One Class One Channel. Under which the help of TV and radio will be taken to educate the children.
46 percent of families have stopped their children from studying
Millions of children from poor families have dropped out of school due to online education. A survey of more than 600 Caritas India workers found that 46 per cent of families had stopped their children from studying. Nagnath, a teacher in Pune, said he had lost contact with the children of brick and kiln workers.Nagnath Vibhute, a teacher from Pune, has requested to donate a used smartphone with the help of his blog, which can be used by children from poor families in their studies.
Slow internet speed in the village
Teachers are now taking virtual classes but in addition to smartphones, internet is also required for online classes. Maumita Bhattacharjee, a chemistry teacher in Panchgini, Maharashtra, has to deal with slow internet speeds. "The kids feel like a classroom so I've put up a blackboard on the wall," he said. Maumita records everything and then the students download the class from the internet.
The government launched the One Class One Channel
Concerns such as bad connections, phone usage, expensive data plans and sitting in front of the phone screen for too long have forced people to think again for offline study. The Ministry of Human Resources recently launched the One Class One Channel. Under which the help of TV and radio will be taken to educate the children.
46 percent of families have stopped their children from studying
Millions of children from poor families have dropped out of school due to online education. A survey of more than 600 Caritas India workers found that 46 per cent of families had stopped their children from studying. Nagnath, a teacher in Pune, said he had lost contact with the children of brick and kiln workers.