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Fix gaping digital divide in education: global agency

As per Lancet Commission’s India Task Force, only 24 per cent of Indian households have access to the internet; calls for collaborations between wealthier and economically weaker sections

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Online learning is still a much distant dream for lakhs of children in the country. Pic/AFP

Online learning is still a much distant dream for lakhs of children in the country. Pic/AFP

India needs to make “Right to Technology” as a part of “Right to Education” to bridge the digital divide across income groups, The Lancet Covid-19 Commission has said.

In a report on the impact of the pandemic on the education impact in the county, the global agency’s 23-member India Task Force said that even as online schooling was brought in to ensure uninterrupted learning, it is still a distant dream for scores with none or limited access. 

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