Pointing to the impact of the pandemic on learning, a survey has found that students in tribal areas received less than optimal exposure to online classes. The students in tribal locations in five districts reported that they attend less than an hour of online class on working days.
The survey was conducted by Kanal Innovations, an NGO, among students (Class I to Plus II) in Palakkad (Attapadi), Malappuram (Nilambur), Wayanad, Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam.

The students who took part in the survey complained that lack of mobile phone connectivity and occasional power outage affected their virtual classroom learning.“There are a lot of students who need the support of teachers to keep them motivated to study. Any disruption will affect learning skills and it would be tough to bring them back to learning,” said Anson P D Alexander, director, Kanal Innovations. The students access classes offered by Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education  (KITE) through its television channel VICTERS. The survey also pointed out the problems being faced by students of private schools where they complained of online sessions up to seven hours a day………………………………………………………………….

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