The Impact of the Digital Divide on Rural Primary Education
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https://doi.org/10.70088/tf99q878Keywords:
Digital Divide, Rural Education, Primary Education, Educational Equity, Digital AccessAbstract
Sharpen on the challenge, barriers; and potential answer, this research article search the encroachment of the divide on rural primary pedagogy. The discipline examines how access to digital resources strike educational event and judge the role of base, insurance. And community engagement in bridge this watershed. Using a methodology, the inquiry highlight the interplay between inequities and socio-factors in region. The findings fundamentally underscore the demand for targeted interventions that direct both and gaps. With actionable recommendation for policymakers and pedagogue to foster digital approach and better teach outcomes in rural schools, the article reason.References
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