Taplejung, Sept. 19 -- Most of the schools in Taplejung have decided to resume classes since classes have failed to take off in the rural areas of the district given the absence of internet coverage. Educators say that even though the authorities had initiated radio and TV programmes to reach out to the students in rural areas, running classes through the medium have proved to be ineffective.

During the lockdown period, most schools were running classes in small groups by deploying teachers to settlements and even conducting one-on-one personal tutoring. But they were asked to discontinue these alternative classes in light of the threat of the coronavirus pandemic. On August 12, the District Administration Office in Taplejung notified sc...