Khanapurkar, Rammohan
(2020)
Online learning : reality in the hinterlands.
Learning Curve (8).
pp. 82-84.
ISSN 2582-1644
Abstract
The disruption caused by the coronavirus
pandemic put India’s education sector in a tight
spot. It had either to adopt the new system of
online education or languish with the offline one.
The choice of online education ended up being a
heavy burden for many schools, especially those in
the under-served hinterlands, the primary reason
being the absence of critical infrastructure to make
the change seamless. It made critics question the
sudden advocacy for digital education on a pan-
India scale. In Maharashtra, surveys like the Active
Teachers’ Forum showed the discouraging reality
of the ‘digital divide’. In a mitigatory effort, the
Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD)
issued the Alternative Academic Calendar (AAC)
for students which laid out guidelines for teachers,
students and even parents to ready themselves
for online education during the lockdown period.
However, these guidelines presume a certain digital
preparedness and resourcefulness in adopting
online education.
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