The pandemic has exacerbated the existing challenge for India — of weak learning outcomes, especially in government and low-fee private schools. To ensure learning continuity during the pandemic, many government school teachers have come up with innovative and low-cost ideas. In Karnataka, many teachers are using community and open spaces for teaching. In Chhattisgarh, they are using loudspeakers to teach English through Halbi, the tribal language. Government schools teachers — who are often asked to do several non-teaching jobs and don’t get adequate in-service training (leave alone online training) — are censured for being ineffective and apathetic.

Source: Hindustan Times August 26, 2020 13:40 UTC