Covid risks a lost generation amid India s digital divide
Vrishti Beniwal, Bloomberg
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A young student attends an online Thunkable Inc. coding class at her home in Mumbai on Oct. 24, 2020.Bloomberg photo by Dhiraj Singh.
Dhiru, an Indian teenager who entered 10th grade this year, hasn t attended even one day of class since the academic year began in April.
The school was closed for months amid the pandemic, but even since it reopened Dhiru s mother Rekha Devi is afraid to send her son to class. Unlike some schools, Dhiru s doesn t offer online instruction and even if it did, the family doesn t own a computer or a smartphone to access the internet.