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Photos: Remote learning a struggle for Venezuelans amid the lockdown
In a technology-challenged Venezuela, where flipping on the light switch can be a luxury and a strong internet connection a dream, teachers and students are made to finish the academic year remotely amid the pandemic. Venezuela has reported having more than 10 million students enrolled in schools in 2016. While parents say they want their children to complete the school year even from home, not every family in Venezuela has access to the internet or smartphones.
Updated on: May 18, 2020 10:54 AM IST
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A teacher wearing surgical gloves as a precaution against the coronavirus, corrects a student’s homework at the “Fe y Alegria,” or Faith and Happiness school in Caracas. The children’s homework is brought to the school by their parents who do not have access to the internet, making it impossible for their children to receive online instruction. (Ariana Cubillos / AP)
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Maria Figueroa, a 34-year-old mother of four, seen on the roof of her apartment as she fails to connect to the internet to send pictures of her sons’ homework back to their teachers. It is an uphill task to teach children online in technology-challenged Venezuela, where flipping on the light switch can be a luxury and a strong internet connection, a dream. (Ariana Cubillos / AP)
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Teachers sing on the occasion of a fellow teacher’s birthday. The government of President Nicolás Maduro has closed schools and ordered teachers and students to finish the year remotely amid the pandemic. (Ariana Cubillos / AP)
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A basketball court sits empty at the closed “Fe y Alegria” in the Las Mayas neighbourhood of Caracas. Venezuela was among Latin America’s first nations that went on lockdown shortly after the first cases of the novel coronavirus were discovered here in mid-March. (Ariana Cubillos / AP)
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A teacher checks a student list and holds homework brought by parents who do not have access to internet connection at home. (Ariana Cubillos / AP)
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A folder made by hand ,containing the schoolwork of a pupil Camila, who identified it with a drawing of herself instead of a photo. For students who can’t get online at all, the school set up cardboard boxes in the cafeteria where parents drop off their child’s homework. Teachers correct it and put it in notebooks to be picked up along with another two weeks of homework. (Ariana Cubillos / AP)
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Yolanda Avila watches over her niece Sofia, a first grader, doing homework. Their home does not have an internet connection, in the Catia neighborhood of Caracas. Parents say it’s a lot of trouble, but it is the price of an education in trying times. (Ariana Cubillos / AP)
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