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Mihaly Horvath, a 12-year-old in a village in northeastern Hungary, can’t wait for his school to reopen.
As a devastating COVID-19 surge swept Hungary in the spring, classes were suspended and students were ordered to study online. But Mihaly’s family, part of Hungary’s large Roma minority, doesn’t have a computer or internet access at their home in Bodvaszilas, and he says he’s falling behind in his lessons as a result.
“Some students have telephones, some have computers. But there are others like me who don´t have either,” he said from the yard of a dilapidated house where he lives with nine other family members. “It´s more difficult for Gypsy kids like us. Some don’t even have writing utensils or anything else.”
22 April 2021, 12:06 UTC
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Justin Spike April 19, 2021 - 11:53 PM
BODVASZILAS, Hungary - Mihaly Horvath, a 12-year-old in a village in northeastern Hungary, can t wait for his school to reopen.
As a devastating COVID-19 surge swept Hungary in the spring, classes were suspended and students were ordered to study online. But Mihaly s family, part of Hungary s large Roma minority, doesn t have a computer or internet access at their home in Bodvaszilas, and he says he s falling behind in his lessons as a result.
âSome students have telephones, some have computers. But there are others like me who donât have either,â he said from the yard of a dilapidated house where he lives with nine other family members. âItâs more difficult for Gypsy kids like us. Some don t even have writing utensils or anything else.â
Hungary s poor Roma children struggle with digital education
JUSTIN SPIKE, Associated Press
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1of17Mihaly Kovacs, a 12 year-old Hungarian boy, works on his homework outside his home in Bodvaszilas, Hungary, Monday, April 12,2021. Many students from Hungary s Roma minority do not have access to computers or the internet and are struggling to keep up with online education during the pandemic. Surveys show that less than half of Roma families in Hungary have cable and mobile internet and 13% have no internet at all.Laszlo Balogh/APShow MoreShow Less
2of17Karmen Bastyur, a 22 year old Hungarian Roma woman, is reflected in a traffic mirror carrying a bucket of drinking water from a public water pump in Bodvaszilas, Hungary, Monday, April 12,2021. TMany students from Hungary s Roma minority do not have access to computers or the internet and are struggling to keep up with online education during the pandemic. Surveys show that less than half of Roma