New Delhi: During the covid-induced locking last year, schools shift their classes online to protect children from infectious diseases and maintain the smooth flow of their lessons.
However, a new report on Friday showed that more than a third of children in India did not have access to the internet during that period.
Reports by LIRneedia, a regional think tank that works on digital policy issues – in partnership with iCrier, an economic policy think tank – shows that 64 percent of all-households with high school age children have internet access while the remaining 36 per year .
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Among the households with the internet, 31 percent of children tend to accept several types of remote education, while only 8 percent of households without internet say they receive a kind of distance education.
At the same time, the national survey was recently carried out by Lirneastia, showing that the use of the internet has more than doubled in the past four years, and Covid’s related closure contributes significantly to increased connectivity demand.
Among the 15-65 age group populations, 49 percent said they had used the internet, compared to only 19 percent of the 15-65 group population which claimed the same thing at the end of 2017.
It was translated to 61 percent of households in 2021 using the Internet Compared to 21 percent in 2017.
It shows that more than 130 million users came online in 2020 and 2021.
Nearly 80 million who began using the internet in 2020, 43 percent or more than 34 million said they began to do it because of the Covid crisis.
“If we only think of connected people, India makes a big step.
But systematic and structural changes are needed before the real benefits of ‘Digital India’ reaches people,” said Handi Galpaya, CEO Lirneansia, in a statement.
“There are a large number of digital services during the pandemic far above what the trend is predicted by the Laggard income and region group is not given and will require policy support,” added Dr.
Rajat Kathuria, a senior professor visited in Icrier.
36% of Indian children do not have internet access during Lockdown Covid: Report
