With schools only reopening in October, it seems that we’ll continue holding the paling sedih record for longest school closure in the region – 41 weeks and counting, much longer than Vietnam (19) and Singapore (14).
Until then, our students will have to rely on online learning which is already a challenge in itself. But for the underprivileged students, it’s a different level of hardship because some don’t even have a device to attend the online classes – causing them to fall behind in learning.
There have been multiple initiatives to handle this – whether by the government, NGOs, and even individuals – to source and supply laptops and tablets for them, but until today there are still students without a proper device. Seeing this problem, a 19-year-old student saw a chance to fill in…