Parents who do not have Internet at home copy their children's assignments from a billboard at the entrance of their closed school Dr Guillermo Delgado Palacios in the Del Valle neighbourhood of Caracas, Venezuela, May 4. — Ariana Cubillos/AP
CARACAS, Venezuela: María Figueroa often climbs onto the rooftop of her building in Venezuela’s capital clutching a phone and laptop looking for a signal and has paid to run an Internet cable to her neighbour’s home, as she struggles to educate her children remotely amid a coronavirus lockdown.
But these work-arounds often end in frustration, she says, reflecting the difficulties of teaching children online in technology-challenged Venezuela, where flipping on the light switch can be a luxury and a strong Internet connection a dream. The government of President Nicolás Maduro has closed schools and ordered teachers and students to finish the year remotely amid the pandemic.
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