Sapan Kumar had hit headlines last year for transforming an entire village into a classroom, with mud walls converted into blackboards. Most of these students in Dumka district’s Dumarthar village had no access to smart phones and could not attend online classes. With walls converted into blackboards, teachers took classes using loudspeakers.
On Wednesday, Kumar’s innovation was appreciated by professors and students of Japan’s Osaka University. He gave an online demonstration of his model in a webinar.
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