40% Northeast Students Had No Digital Tools During Covid Pandemic: Survey
NDTV
The National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 report found that the digital divide has been the sharpest in Assam, Manipur and Meghalaya where 48% of the students had no digital devices at home.
Over 40 per cent students in the Northeast region had no digital device to help them take online classes during the Covid pandemic, according to the National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 report published on Wednesday.
The survey was done in the Northeast region to study the mode of education and reading outcomes of children during COVID-19 pandemic.
It was carried among students of Classes III, V, VIII and X and was found that the digital divide has been the sharpest in Assam, Manipur and Meghalaya where 48% of the students had no digital devices at home.
In Arunachal Pradesh, 43% of the students lacked a digital device at home. The corresponding figures for Mizoram and Nagaland were 39% and 37%, respectively. In Tripura, 46% of the students had no access to a digital device.
