Outdoors in less than ideal conditions. And in Mexico Education currently means sitting in front of a t. V. We look at the impact of school staying close to the moms in the. Education shared learning and the opportunity to engage with their peers barely anything more important for children but the coronavirus pandemic has turned things upside down frog lopes 1500000000 school kids schools have led to homeschooling and online Remote Learning its a highly improvised situation. But education generally has long been a pressing global issue to 164000000 Children Worldwide have no access to it the tools and the pandemic has made things much worse currently around 463000000 children are not receiving any. Form of education neither in the classroom nor at home. Better to have a bit of school than down a tool thats the motto of the Mexican Government its current Education Program centers around something found in the most living room. A kitchen for a classroom and instead of pen and paper a remote control. Its a way of learning the cost for a lot of discipline. Rather than that it feels weird but ill do my best. Between 4 oclock in the afternoon and 7 in the evening all middle School Students in mexico watch classes on t. V. Topics include the big bang and galileo. If. They send galileo went to prison but i dont get why. 11 year old christopher questions will remain unanswered the Government Funded Program broadcasts a new class every day infection levels in the country are still high and children may not yet return to the classroom christopher doesnt want to get the virus in case he infects his grandmother the next up is music followed by Matthew Christopher is glad when his mother comes home from work earlier than usual. If you got a class i got yes but i only understand half of it. Hilda is a single mother shes supposed to work the whole day but she wants to be there to help her son get used to this new kind of learning. You know as you get that if they dont Pay Attention in school then they really arent going to concentrate when theyre left on their own with the t. V. And their school books. Meanwhile private schools and. Xico are focusing on online classrooms. For her spanish class isabella is collecting objects and will write a story about them she only gets to see her classmates on a screen but at least she sees them. And say i know my love we have 1st i thought it would be terrible but it isnt. Its new. But id still prefer Actual School i mean she set up my best to. An english class theres a surprise test in store. She gets to talk to her teachers and her parents are working at home so theyre on hand to help too for 10 year old isabella already lining is going well. Many in mexico fear that the pandemic will exacerbate the countrys problem with social inequality. As well as a growing imbalance so im worried about our country. Education is what Society Needs in order to make progress. The Mexican Government is pinning its hopes on the school broadcasts given that 16000000 households have no Internet Connection the t. V. Classes are the best solution simply allowing millions of children to miss out on school isnt an option experts say. Ethically speaking that would be a mistake we would have failed in our educational duty this is no alternative its not perfect it doesnt reach everyone we must continue to look for Better Solutions other options even more. Hilda is concerned christopher hasnt taken any notes at all at some point the teachers are supposed to email their students questions about what theyve learned the family borrowed and old i pad from friends. Never thats going. To be honest im not sure that we will learn much this way the learning out. Instead of returning to the classroom for the new school year Mexico School children are watching t. V. Its not ideal but its better than nothing. Things are far from ideal for many school kids in india too and images like these seem like a distant dream right now india has been hard hit by the coronavirus Government Schools have been closed since the lockdown started affecting almost 250000000 primary and secondary school kids only older peoples are still receiving partial jewish and for poorer families theres no alternative to analog education but some a determined to make it happen. The site that greets poonam every morning is typical in todays india the country is one huge construction site society is in flux and india is visibly transformed. Beneath this overpass on the outskirts of delhi to numb and other local teenagers are meeting for lessons in reading writing and arithmetic a school on a building site the din is deafening obviously this isnt a suitable place for a classroom but with state schools closed because of the coronavirus pandemic the kids have no other option. Thats why i come here i come twice a day so i can keep up with my studies we have english in the morning and math and science in the afternoon. It means i can keep up with my classes and hopefully at some point past my exams but id like to have that. Knowledge part as a qualified social scientist hes applied for a job with the government and is waiting to hear back in the meantime he volunteers as a teacher in this makeshift school. The students havent been able to go to school for 4 or 5 months its really hard on them they come from poor families their parents are illiterate. Day laborers field workers its hard enough for them to get an education at all and now the pandemic has made it even more difficult and. Goes home at midday her parents are hard at work on the fields harvesting okra her mother has been up since dawn and expects poonam to help out. Whatever theyre like there i helped out with the harvest yesterday and today i also have to help i dont like working on the fields but my mother says we children have to help then the work is done faster my brother takes the vegetables to the market. But he can ive always worked i never went to school it wasnt an option for me and i get to. The commodities have 6 children who all need to be looked after and fed until they leave home miss 15 and her mother feels its time she moved out. The costs of keeping our fields going are so high we barely have enough to get by we would have married her off but we cant afford a dowry no one would take her without one. Sons can eventually bring in an income but the poor families daughters are simply an added expense and theres no point in getting them an education the poorer the family the more deeply entrenched this way of thinking is india has a population of nearly 1400000000 and millions live in poverty only one in 5 households has Internet Access in many rule areas there isnt even electricity this Digital Divide contributes to social inequality experts warn that now the Global Pandemic is further jeopardizing childrens educational opportunities. To the efforts in terms of schooling off children into war tribal areas the digital means that even those who have walked through the school in the last decade or so theyre off the mark learning the infrastructure. Penetration for receiving do your job is not even patchy its simply nonexistent if we look at the divide of inequality the most important challenge that we are facing is the lack of Technology Good devices the Smart Devices there is a huge gap between the haves and have nots so the children who are no want to having the Internet Connectivity or the smog devices theyre definitely lacking in this war to an environment in India Education is a privilege not everyone can afford fortunately for her middle class family can afford it her classes are now online no problem for a student with a reliable Internet Connection at home a private school in india costs the equivalent of around 1000 euros a year for most people thats simply an affordable when i think of the Government School i feel that im so like im so privileged to be in a family rich control like me read the sources like laptops internet but think of the government School Children one not even to even attempt justice so thats i think so a lack of. The classes held underneath the bridge on the outskirts of delhi are worlds away from online lessons so far no one here has come down with a virus but no one wears masks and the students are huddled together if they keep their distance they wouldnt hear the teacher above the noise so theyre taking their chances. If they miss one day they can catch up. But if they miss a whole year of schooling theyll miss the boat completely and wont stand a chance. All these young people want is a chance to improve their lot in life by getting an education even that modest goal could be denied them get a name i dont want to end up like my parents working on the field i want to. Learn something and have a better life i want to make something of myself i want to be educated. Poonam would like to be a teacher one day and give other young people like yourself better opportunities for that shes willing to go to a makeshift school under an overpass on a construction site. And now for global ideas we head to the balkans our reporter hug a check check traveled to North Macedonia before the pandemic and enjoyed some local traditions as well as some inspiring they chose. The European Greenbelt is a Nature Conservation initiative running along the corridor of the former i and curtain which once divided east and west. Its an aim is to protect natural environments around this area environments like the shah mountains in the us macedonia. It doesnt take long to set up an outdoor cinema in the village of rotten its a. By contrast efforts to establish a new National Park here in North Macedonia have been dragging on for decades brighton needs allies at the foot of the sharp latino Mountain Range. Is a Conservation Activist based in the capital school. She and her friends have come here to screen a short film about. She wants to win over the People Living here to her cause there are problems to address trash is one of them. Quite a few villagers show up for the screening. And her colleagues organized under the auspices of the in geo friends of shar where they work. They werent sure local people would in fact be interested. Who was a journalist says conservation does not top the list of our countrys priorities but she contends that with enough Popular Support it should be possible to do more to protect this beautiful mountainous area. Here after the screening the activists and local people talk about their concerns. Villagers have been struggling for 5 years to prevent the construction of a Hydro Power Plant nearby. They challenge the friends of shah asking why they havent been helping them they said the n. G. O. S should engage more with the people who actually live here. There are many villages in the region facing similar problems. Sharply measures 80 kilometers by 30 over the past 2 decades threats to this scenic wilderness have been mounting. So northern and i sort of sat down in a is the Mountain Range with the greatest biodiversity in north korea and it must be protected to the highest degree and not at the border and thats youre not on bark if it is declared a National Park it will be accorded the most protection even across National Borders on the b. B. Q. Sharp lies near what was once the iron curtain of the ribbon of land in some areas nearby have been designated the European Green belt by an association of the same name. Its mission is to protect the Natural Landscapes there which have been shielded for decades from major developments such as farming and construction. The association promotes eco tourism renovating mountain huts and building new ones should entice more hikers to come and explore. The association also seeks to counter illegal logging which is a serious problem here the timber mafia has carved this track through the forest without permission it extends for several kilometers and s. U. V. Blocks the path behind it heavy equipment theyre often armed and it would not be wise to go any further with a camera rolling normal for the conservationists monitor changes in the forest with the help of an app and satellite imagery your job on balls and off ski is a mountain guide and also active in friends of sharks to go with them he says the timber thieves sometimes fail trees if they want a bit of money or visual and they just leave them lying around in the forest. That was sort of. Shepherds are natural allies of the conservationists as they have a vital interest in preserving the forests and meadows and keeping an eye on illegal logging. The friends of sharp platform emphasizes the importance of monitoring. Miley is a sheep farmer. And. He used to take visitors on hikes until the pandemic hit. On the terrain up here 4 wheel drive vehicles are of no use. These friends of shar see Great Potential in gentle tourism. Now says a miley and his brother have 5000 sheep. They use milk cheese they make is famous throughout the region. Their entire business depends on the preservation of their natural habitat. I would totally welcome a National Park and shop thats why i support the initiative here or. Not and his brother inherited the farm from their parents and have since expanded its operation and. They employed 25 shepherds during the season they spent 2 weeks at a time up in the mountains living in huts like this. With. The only source of power here are small solar panels enough to light the hut. With a new Hydro Power Plant that would change the shepherd explains. It would be good little villages would finally have electricity. These small minds on promo do. Good for people with. Their money and. The money that theyve struck us has them the reverse. The conservationists promote traditional ways of life but most people want at least a few modern conveniences. Leads us down into a valley. Because. This is where one of the new hydro plants is to be located. Its the plan is to build 11. Not everybody in the villages of shoplifting that is concerned about protecting the environment. And finding an alternative to improvised rubbish dumps. Construction of the Hydro Power Plants up in the mountains is well underway. They use so much water that downstream in the valley the water levels in the river are getting low. Still feel very remote and left behind but even here there. Are several members of its team out and about in the area including voice. Theres still a lot of work to be done and that includes explaining the issues to people and telling them about the rules on how to behave in a National Park. National park. Next year on paper that is but that is at least a start. And now from the Natural World of the balkans to the wildlife of australia. The land down under is a vast and ecologically country no wonder then that australias National Parks attract millions of tourists each year. Many of us trading is 25000000 residents prefer to spend their leisure time outside now the pandemic is encouraging some city dwellers to become even more acquainted with nature. Bushcraft how to survive in the wild thats what mark. When he was young he worked on a farm and. He wants to regain the sense of freedom he enjoyed back. The participants are learning how to filter through. On this the bush theres a real connection you have with. Him you know just everything feels better in. The city because it is artificial d disconnected from everything with. His 13 year old son joseph is not quite so enthusiastic about the course he came along to please his father. He says he would rather be at home playing online video games with his friends especially fortnight. Thats the world of online connectivity. And its really are you know like i really like to hang out with my my. Its kind of thing. To hang out with a night supply guy like progress. In the night were doing a lot together. This 3 day course is being held me a sydney Survival Training is popular these days in australia he pointed out it was the pandemic that prompted Simone Graeme to sign up its seen people storm the supermarkets to buy toilet papers such as thinking. The current circumstances around the world and needs. To be selfsufficient and my mind upon myself. Should worst Case Scenario to play out. I realise pretty quickly that im joined by 6 Putin Foundation that we all want tell me its. The instructor gordon deadman tells his students about which edible and how they can find their way without a compass or map. These topics have not in through joseph but his father hasnt given up hope but its reaching so for this well. Youre funny. Even if everyone else around them is. To start. Its winter time in australia so it gets dark early. Tonight as kangaroo meat and vegetables and with. Joseph is impervious to the romantic charms of campfires and starlets guys in the wild. Only really are nothing like. A lot. Of bison the cold nights in their sleeping bags and. They have to keep feeding there to ward off the. Joseph looks like hes feeling pretty wrecked not that he would say. Pretty good. I didnt wake up once who treats a nice change. But yes. This is what it is. Its the last day and time for the final you havent so youre going to boil your water you have to get it off to the rolling boil. Filter up and set the knob a guy since youre going to have 20 minutes to do that do you have. 20 minutes to complete. You are we. Right but as the coolest rose to joseph starts to warm to the tusks. Of. The father and son Team Complete their assignments in time. Not so good watching is directly in their eyes to see that they still sweating as much as on but you know its a. Lot more spry than. Golden is pleased and joseph is glad he came along. I just kept on and i listen to it and although i didnt take notes because bit of a silly bugger. Yeah its great all the stuff hes taught its valuable stuff its not like never going to use this case of emergency you know not you got a fair road in a top and you can do a bunch recounts see this on the final exercise how so many people know you out there when you last like something out you have one aged person in 3 days of practical training in how to survive in the wild but also 3 days of personal growth and reflection. Going on to get a picture of you guys. And thats all from us the global 3000 this week do drop us a line and i should say what you thought you can reach us at global 3000 and d w dot com see you next time. The battle is the spirit 13 years ago when germany was really unified in october 9090 at the time at the moment disparity between east and west was huge. 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