These teachers from Maharashtra are true heroes of the lockdown
Alka DhupkarMumbai Mirror
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In rural parts of the state, where households cannot even afford a basic smartphone, these saviours used innovative ways, while taking great risks to their health, to ensure their students weren’t hit
Among those who were hit the hardest when the country went into an overnight lockdown last March to curb the spread of Covid-19 were students. Their schooling almost instantly ground to a halt – and what at first may have seemed like a god-send holiday soon turned into a nightmare as the pandemic began to unfold.