Nepal, April 11 -- The current pandemic made us try several alternatives to manage education such as teaching , broadcasting educational materials over radio and television to help children without an internet connection and running home schools, among others. However, their effectiveness in imparting education during the coronavirus pandemic is yet to be assessed. It is certain that in order to re-engineer the education system to enable it to combat any kind of short- or long-term crisis, we need to have some policies and action plans based on firm evidence. To this end, taking a census of educational information and communications technology (ICT) resources can be one of the essential steps to manage learning during crises.

Crises can ...