Wall Street Journalさんのインスタグラム写真 - (Wall Street JournalInstagram)「Like millions of families in India, the three grade-school girls of the Bisht family are trying to remote-learn on a cheap cellphone with a 2G connection. The sisters, who live in a village in the Himalayan foothills in the rural state of Uttarakhand, ration their class time, picking only the ones they think are most important. When they log in, their father’s phone won’t allow streaming video so they just listen to audio. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ The signal comes and goes so they run all over the house to get the best reception. That is generally outside on the roof, a problem because winter is coming. Their father, a cook, has had less work since coronavirus struck—with close to 9 million Covid-19 cases in India now, only the U.S. has been worse hit—but is trying to save money for another phone. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ “I’m always late signing in and can’t keep up,” said Komal, 10, the eldest sister. “I‘m not sure I’ll make it to the next grade.”⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ India’s underfunded education system can’t cope with study from home, education experts say. Most families don’t have the multiple devices and internet connections needed to allow e-learning.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Teachers, students and parents have been inventing different workarounds. Some are recording classes and sending them via WhatsApp to be downloaded and watched later. Other parents travel miles to free Wi-Fi spots to download videos and assignments for their children. Others are gathering small numbers of students, sitting them, socially distanced, in village courtyards for lessons. A lot of parents are just trying to force feed their children textbooks.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ The damage from the forced learning from home is already apparent, at least with the youngest students. The percentage of students aged six to 10 who weren’t in school jumped to 5.3% this year from 1.8% two years ago, according to a report from ASER, a New Delhi think tank.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Read more at the link in our bio. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ 📷: Vibhuti Agarwal for @wsjphotos」12月7日 9時39分