The current academic year will not be a “Zero Year” for colleges and higher education institutions, Education Ministry officials told a parliamentary panel, indicating that they hoped to conduct exams by the end of the session, sources said. They also told the panel that online classes are only meant for school children above Class 3 and only a limited number of online classes are allowed for those up to Class 8. However, panel members raised questions on the viability of online classes for poor families who cannot afford mobile phones or laptop computers, the sources said.
A majority of poor families, especially in rural areas, may have one mobile phone among the members. How would their kids get access to online education, the members of Parliament asked the officials.
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