Gender- bias in access to devices to attend online classes: Boys have easier access than girls

A study was conducted by the Muttha Foundation in Nov 2020 across Maharashtra to understand the roll-out of the tech-based distance education across the state during the school closures due to COVID-19. The study included 1254 students of primary school who had access to tech based distance education. The findings state that a greater percentage of girls (42%) were denied access as compared to the boys (36%) due to someone else’s use of device with a better position in the family, like an elder of the house, or someone who earns in the house. Discrediting the importance of the education of the girl child could be an underlying reason.

This study was conducted to understand the approach, challenges and implications of tech-based distance education for the primary school students from the government and budget private schools across Maharashtra. 

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