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At the Central Visayan Institute and Foundation (CVIF) in Bohol, paper-based solutions dispense with the need for Internet connectivity in a community where only 10% of students have access to data services.
âLow-techâ interventions such as paper-based activities and radio programs are helping educational institutions in low-income countries educate those who need it the most amid the pandemic.
At the Central Visayan Institute and Foundation (CVIF) in Bohol, the chronic lack of qualified teachers, textbooks, and equipment is bypassed by learning activity sheets prepared by subject teachers.Â
The analog solution also dispenses with the need for Internet connectivity in a community where only 10% of students have access to data services, which is âvery unstable,â according to Marivic Bernido, who runs the school with her husband and fellow physicist, Christopher Bernido.