Teamwork, sportsmanship, strategising and social skills — real life lessons are better learnt on the playground, rather than inside the four walls of the classroom. But what happens when children can’t go to the playground? In a country where nearly 113 million children studying in government schools are missing out on education due to the pandemic, the lack of access to playing spaces isn’t really the top priority. “We’re talking about digital education, but realistically, more than 90 per cent kids in India don’t have access to it, especially those from remote or rural areas, or low-income communities. And whatever resources are being pooled in, are mostly going to older children; younger ones are ignored,” points out Pooja Rai, an architect and founder of Bengaluru-based non-profit Anthill Creations. 

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