Consider Dedicated Education Channel For Students Amid Pandemic: Court To Maharashtra

The Bombay High Court said the government could also explore the possibility of holding educational talk shows on radio.

The Bombay High Court on Monday asked the Maharashtra government to consider setting up a dedicated channel for education in consultation with the Union government so that students, including specially-abled children, particularly in rural areas, do not suffer during the COVID-19 pandemic. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni said due to poor mobile network connections or sometimes lack of funds to purchase a mobile phone, students in rural areas are unable to attend online classes being conducted via apps. "I do not get a mobile network connection when I travel to Nagpur or Aurangabad. How do you expect mobile network in rural areas then? The state government should not be relying on mobile network alone," Chief Justice Datta said. The bench said the state government should consider setting up a dedicated channel for education in consultation with the Union government.