COVID-19: students caught in Pakistan's digital divide

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Education in developing countries with patchy Internet coverage is particularly hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, compromising the future of students unable to access online teaching. A United Nations’ resolution emphasizes access to the Internet as a means of bridging the digital divide and facilitating the fundamental human right to education. In Pakistan, for example, nationwide Internet availability must be accelerated if the country’s potential is not to be irreversibly compromised.

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Nature; 587(7835):548, doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03291-4
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