On the one hill with mobile signal, Ukrainian kids build makeshift classroom
Hontarivka, Ukraine Reuters At the only place in their village where they could find a strong mobile internet signal – a windswept hill on the barren steppe – Ukrainian fifth-grader Mykola Dziuba and his friends have built makeshift tent to serve as a remote classroom. “We sit here for around two or three hours, sometimes […]
Postcards: Trolley school helps Philippine children keep studies on track
ADRIAN PORTUGAL, of Reuters, reports in how a “trolley school” is making a difference for children in The Philippines…
Remote learning is setting back millions of South Asian children – UNICEF
New Delhi, IndiaReuters Hundreds of millions of children in South Asian are suffering because their schools have been closed because of the coronavirus but they lack online devices and connections for remote learning, UNICEF said on Thursday. Authorities should prioritise the safe reopening of schools because even before the pandemic, almost 60 per cent of children […]
Wow!: Spurred by COVID-19, African schools innovate to close learning gap
NELLIE PEYTON and KIM HARRISBERG, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on how the rise of remote learning could change education in Africa…
Churches as remote learning hubs?: US schools may not open to students this fall, but houses of worship might — for remote learning
G JEFFREY MACDONALD, of Religion News Service, reports on plans to use some US churches as educational hubs during the coronavirus pandemic…