From text to tablet: how to learn in a lockdown

A Colombian child uses the O-Lab app in La Guajira, Colombia. — El Origen Foundation/Thomson Reuters Foundation

TBILISI: As a third lockdown traps millions of British schoolchildren at home, free tablets and televised lessons are being touted as alternative ways to learn in a lockdown.

Globally, two in three school-age children lack Internet at home, according to the United Nations, and ensuring equal access to education has become an acute challenge in the pandemic.