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The COVID-19 pandemic has “severely affected” the education system in India due to the closure of schools, Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on March 21. Speaking in Lok Sabha during Question Hour, he said due to the school closures, the Centre, states and educational institutions had to adopt online technologies to ensure that students’ education continued.
He said this also led to a situation wherein the Centre, states and educational institutions had to adopt online technologies and the blended mode of education at a very rapid pace to ensure students’ education continued. “The e-contents are supplementing the regular classroom transactions by assisting teachers with UDL (Universal Design for Learning)-based resources to be used in the teaching-learning process,” he added. Notably, Pradhan said, these resources are also created to aid children in adapting to regular schools and encouraging inclusive classrooms. The scheme covers all children with special needs with one or more disabilities as mentioned in the Schedule of Disabilities of the Right of the Persons with Disabilities (RPwD) Act, 2016 studying in government, government-aided and local body schools, he said
