With schools in Hong Kong shut since January due to the coronavirus, the switch to online learning at home is frustrating teachers, parents and students by sarah_wu_ JessiePang0125
HONG KONG - When Hong Kong student Wendy received a question from her geography teacher during an online class, she scrambled to unmute her mother’s cellphone, but the screen kept freezing. She had already used up her monthly five gigabytes data allowance.
Schools in several African nations and across large parts of Asia have also been closed to prevent the spread of the virus and most have shifted to teaching students online.“When the data exceeds the limit, I can’t really hear much of what the teacher says as the video becomes very slow,” the 12-year-old said in her one-room, tin-roofed house she shares with her single, unemployed 48-year-old mother Ada. They spoke on condition their last name would not be made public.
“The education policy is to stop classes and not stop learning,” SoCO says. “But grass-roots students who lack resources have been forced to stop both classes and learning.” Government agencies are disbursing subsidies for internet access and computer purchases, while schools can lend laptops and keep doors open with on-duty staff for students who need in-person learning support or who don’t have caretakers at home, the government’s education bureau said.
“If you don’t read Chinese, you can’t understand the instructions, let alone teach your children,” she said.“If you work in security or as a street cleaner, these are not jobs you can do from home,” Cheung said.
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