Digital education has the ability to fill in the gap, provided the IT infrastructure, broadband connectivity and digital teaching platforms are available for the students.
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The virtual laboratories, simulations, contact classes, group learnings, project-based activities must be incorporated in the new policy. The Government needs to formulate a plan for all schools, small or big, private or government to have “Fusion Model of Learning” where regular, open and distance models see convergence and integration and incentivise teachers and institutions for a quick successful transition.