Marandi urges Jharkhand CM to distribute smartphones to govt school students

BJP leer Babulal Marandi on Thursday urged Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren to distribute smartphones among students of government schools so that it helps m in online learning during coronavirus crisis.

In a letter to chief minister, Marandi said that poor students should t lag behind in acemics amid coronavirus pandemic due to lack of digital techlogy.

In changing times, providing resources for studies is need of hour, BJPs Legislative Party leer said in his letter.

"Students of private schools are in tune with times, and it should t be that students of government schools lag behind in studies due to lack of resources (ggets)," Marandi said.

ting that online studies cant be an alternative to offline studies, Marandi said, reopening of schools is t likely till August. 

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