Sri Lanka, March 7 -- By Nishel Fernando

The low level of teacher capacity along with reduced affordability of hardware remains major barriers towards successfully implementing ed-tech in Sri Lanka, a recent Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) study revealed.

The COVID-19 pandemic sparked renewed interest in ed-tech worldwide, leading to diverse impacts in the way it has been integrated into policies, programmes and interventions, while the interest in ed-tech continued to grow in the post-pandemic period.

In Sri Lanka, the Akura initiative and Nenasa programme have been recognised as two such successful ed-tech programmes.

The Akura initiative in Sri Lanka enables schools to connect with parents, individually and collectively, to commu...