{"id":300423,"date":"2021-07-15T20:03:07","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T17:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/bolivian-parents-go-back-to-class-to-help-their-kids-study-online\/"},"modified":"2021-07-15T20:03:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T17:03:07","slug":"bolivian-parents-go-back-to-class-to-help-their-kids-study-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/bolivian-parents-go-back-to-class-to-help-their-kids-study-online\/","title":{"rendered":"#Bolivian parents go back to class to help their kids study online"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Bolivian parents go back to class to help their kids study online<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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EL ALTO, Bolivia, July 14 \u2013 When the outbreak of COVID-19 shut their sons\u2019 school, Bolivian street vendors Angela Poma and Lorenzo Gutierrez made big changes to help their boys Willy, 9 and Carlos, 11, adjust to online learning.<\/p>\n

The shift online required the family to buy mobile phones and move from a rural area that only had a landline phone to the city of Viacha, 22 km (14 miles) southwest of La Paz, where they could find better internet service.<\/p>\n

However, the parents, who are spending up to $2 a day for the internet, were in the dark on how to use the new devices.<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t even turn it on,\u201d said Poma. \u201cI had a phone only for calls and that\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Filling in that knowledge gap, the Internet Foundation Bolivia has been helping families like the Gutierrez-Pomas by organizing classes for parents on how to operate their smartphones and find the best internet packages so they can save money as their children study online.<\/p>\n

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Parents attend a lesson on how to handle a smartphone for virtual home schooling in\u00a0El\u00a0Alto,\u00a0Bolivia.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cNot all moms, dads or tutors are aware of the digital tools and platforms that exist for online learning,\u201d said Esther Mamani, who volunteers with the foundation.<\/p>\n

Only around 4 in 10 people in the Andean country have internet access, falling to just 3 percent in poorer rural areas, according to data from Bolivia\u2019s telecoms authority.<\/p>\n

As Poma goes to the front of the class to receive her certificate for completing the internet course, her classmates clap loudly and later there are smiles as everyone poses for a picture.<\/p>\n

Now, the couple just has to contend with the same issues of sharing and technology<\/a> time limits as other parents.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe younger one uses the mobile phone all morning and the older one uses it from three, three-thirty. Sometimes I see my children fighting over the mobile phone when the battery starts running low,\u201d said Poma.<\/p>\n

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Parents hold up their diplomas after attending smartphone lessons for virtual home schooling in\u00a0El\u00a0Alto,\u00a0Bolivia.<\/figcaption>
Reuters\/Claudia Morales<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And, like other parents struggling through virtual-only classes with their kids globally, she questions its effectiveness.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish the face-to-face classes would start soon,\u201d she said. \u201cMy children don\u2019t learn a lot with this virtual education system.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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