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This innovative solution is helping Indian children get an education during the pandemic

Children, who have missed their online classes due to a lack of internet facilities, sit on the ground in circles drawn with chalk to maintain a safe distance, as they listen to pre-recorded lessons over loudspeakers, after schools were closed following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Dandwal village in the western state of Maharashtra, India, July 23, 2020. Picture taken July 23, 2020. REUTERS/Prashant Waydande - RC2P6I9IFUGU

The children are learning through singing songs and narrating stories. Image: REUTERS/Prashant Waydande

Prashant Waydande
Journalist, Reuters
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