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The Times of India
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Kangkan Kalita | TNN

'During Covid, 40% North East kids lacked digital education tools', says National Achievement Survey 2021 report

GUWAHATI: The National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 report, published on Wednesday, has painted a gloomy picture of digital education in schools in the northeast, where over 40% students spent their days at home during the pandemic without any digital device to aid their education.

The digital divide has been the sharpest in each Assam, Manipur and Meghalaya where 48% of the students had no digital device at home. NAS 2021 was conducted for Classes III, V, VIII and X.

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