India, Aug. 11 -- Now that the children are going to schools, a Delhi Government programme to close the gap that has taken place in learning during the pandemic is helping in more ways than one.

Pooja, a student in a government school in Saket, Delhi had been waiting to return to her school for the past two years. As the classes commenced online during the pandemic, she missed almost all the classes, because she did not have a mobile phone.

"I used to go to my friend's house so that I could attend the online classes. But I mostly stayed and helped at home, while my mother went out to work," she said.

She has recently begun going to the school, and says: "My teachers are helping me a lot. I had missed many classes and some of my friends...