Narratives of online education in India: issues of equity, inclusion, and diversity.

The school education ecosystem in India A 2019 UN report put India's poor at 28% of the total population which in fact amounts to a colossal figure of 364 million. Keywords: Online education; pandemic; Indian children; diversity; inclusivity; inequity EN Online education pandemic Indian children diversity inclusivity inequity 55 59 5 03/08/21 20210201 NES 210201 According to a UNESCO report, the Coronavirus pandemic has confined 321 million children in India to their homes (and homelessness) because of the closure of schools since the lockdown was announced on 24 March 2020. The internet penetration in India is 40% with 97% of users accessing the Internet through mobile phones and the rural internet penetration reached up to 25% in 2018 (The Hindu Business Line Bureau, [6]). [Extracted from the article]