The HELPNESSNESS and The STRUGGLE of rural students for ONLINE CLASSES…..



The COVID19 has taken the world by a storm and the education sector as well as the students have been the worst hit.
Almost 40 days have passed for the annual school resumption schedule after summer vacation, yet there is no clarity when the schools will begin this year.
Hence, the State government has started the online classes to keep the students up to date till the regular classes resume.
However, this has kicked-off yet another problem, the students in the rural areas are finding it really tough to attend the classes. (watch video)
Team goemkarponn.com visited Melauli and what was seen was completely shocking.
The students were finding it tough to get the connectivity and have to walk kilometres away for a proper range in the torrential rains.
There is just one spot where all students gather without any social distancing.
The students say they have to walk for 30 minutes or more to reach the place and yet there is no guarantee of network there. 
Moreover, not all can come here too.
Interestingly, during this peak monsoons, the students of Guleli and Melauli themselves, with help of villagers, have erected a shade and take online classes.
Speaking to goemkarponn.com, the students explained their irony.
“There are big problems, we do not want to miss classes and hence come here daily but the range is bad. Despite walking for so long we do not get network always,” said a student.
She further added, “I answered an oral exam and what I said could not be heard by the teacher and what he said could not be heard by me.”
But despite all issues, she did not want to comment on whether they want classes to be cancelled.
“We need a good tower and that’s it,” she said.
Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant says that the online classes are not compulsory but the instructions seems to have not reached the schools yet.
“Forget rural areas not even in the city if students miss a class due to bad network. The teachers will have to take lessons again. The online classes are not compulsory,” he said.
It is surprising  that in digital age, Goan villages are still in Stone Age….