Devika Balakrishnan's charred body was found next to an empty kerosene bottle near her home in Kerala, India.
This the current world is technology-based. We are not passing a day without the internet. We feel lonely when we are not connected with others through the internet. To spend healthy daily life is challenging without the internet. But nowadays we are passing a critical situation in the world. People are lockdown in their homes. Stay at home is not easy day after day. Apart from that if you do not have the internet with your day would be difficult.
In Kerala, India there is an upset today. A 14-year-old girl is said to have committed suicide because she was unable to access online classes, due to having no internet at home. Devika Balakrishnan was reportedly found near her home in Valancherry in Kerala, India with an empty bottle of toxic liquid nearby.
Devika was a brilliant student in her school. In the current pandemic, her teachers want to take classes online. But Devika's family can not afford money to buy internet for Devika. For this reason, Devika was so upset and worried to fall behind in her student life.
Her father, who has struggled to work recently due to illness, told local media his daughter had been depressed at not being able to join the classes easily.
He said: "She had been telling us to repair the television [so she could] attend the online class.
"But we had no money to repair the television, and we have no smartphone."
The a case has sparked protests in Kerala, with demonstrators saying the teenager's death highlighted the inequalities in India's lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Poor students in rural areas are said to be less likely to be able to attend online classes.
Mr. Abhijith, the head of the Kerala Students Union, said: "The government action has put the poor students under stress and pressure."
India's Minister for Education Professor Raveendranath, 64, said an investigation into the case would be launched.
He added: "We have conducted a survey about facilities at the homes of students and introduced neighbourhood classrooms for poor students who I have no television or smartphones.
"We have launched the online classes on an experimental basis and will be re-telecasting all classes again and again.
"But it was unfortunate that the girl committed suicide."
India has been lockdown for 2 months. But in recent days, Indian govt. Release the lockdown slowly, and some schools want to reopen again, But most of the school wants to keep taking their classes online.
There are more than 200 thousand peoples have been tested positive COVID-19, and more than 6 thousand peoples have died so far.
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