Technology can't replace Teacher, nor any digital content can match with any classroom experience. Unfortunately, these days 91% of the world’s student population* is not in the classroom due to COVID-19 and these students have only one option i.e. Technology to be in touch with their Teachers. Zoom is one of them.
Zoom has security flaws that have prompted some leading organisations, companies like Google, government agencies, and school across the world to ban Zoom or restrict its use. Even the Indian Home Ministry is also advising Govt officials not to use it. Although a tech-savvy person can use it while following all guidelines, we can't expect the same from school going primary school kids and parents to follow all security guidelines when they have no awareness, nor they've received any institutional advisory. Govt advisory was not shared among the public, nor these advisories were widely circulated by Govt of India or any other State Govt.
To safeguard vulnerable parents and their children, I have initiated a campaign to raise the issue before the competent authority. I think, to protect our students and teachers, we need to ban zoom from being used in all schools in India.
