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School closures: Lakhs of students across India are left stranded in the name of 'rationalisation'

In many remote areas, students have few options other than single-teacher schools in their villages. These are the very schools the government has targeted.

Covid setback for schoolchildren in India as dropout rate surges

Manisha, 13, had to quit school because her father could no longer educate four children on his pandemic-affected paltry income.

Covid setback for schoolchildren in India as dropout rate surges

COVID-induced school closures resulted in millions of Indian children being put out of school. And while classes continued online, a lack of access further deepened the nation's digital divide and thus, poorer children were more severely affected.

Millions of school children in India, especially from poor families, dropped out of school over the past two years because of the COVID health emergency.

COVID in India: School closures, digital divide affect millions | Asia | An in-depth look at news from across the continent | DW

The coronavirus pandemic and lockdowns have disrupted the education of millions of students in India, forcing many of them to drop out of school.