Back to face-to-face classes?

From the start, education officials were aware of the challenges posed by blended learning to both students and educators. But blended learning was deemed to be better than nothing as the pandemic forced children to stay at home.

The lack of the needed gadgets and internet connectivity for distance learning was the first major hurdle. Approximately 2.7 million school children did not enroll – many because of this lack, and others because their parents had lost their livelihoods and could not afford even the miscellaneous expenses for putting a child through school. Cramped dwellings particularly in informal communities are also not conducive to learning.