Posted on 29 September 2021
Indian children have been “locked out” of school for almost a year and a half, and a survey of 1,400 households found that the proportion of sample children who were studying online regularly was just 24% in urban areas and 8% in rural areas. Access to education during the lockout has been particularly restricted for Dalit and Adivasi children, who needed it the most.
The survey also suggests that child literacy across India is in freefall, “Baccha ka life to khatam hi ho raha hai” (the child’s life is being ruined).