Edn expenses sink MP families in debt

Bhopal, Oct 2: Kumer Singh, a resident of Amarpura village in Madhya Pradesh’s Sehore district, plunged into debt as he had to buy mobile by taking loan for his daughter’s online education during the Corona epidemic.
Closure of educational institutions due to the epidemic and then online education created trouble for many poor families of Madhya Pradesh, because these poverty-stricken families had to buy Android mobiles for their children’s education, for which they took a loan. And now they have to pay a huge price in the form of interest.
Kumer Singh is not the only person who has bought an Android phone by taking a loan for his daughter’s education. The number of such people is much more.
Kumer Singh says that his daughter Muskan studies in class VIII. “Due to the Corona epidemic, schools were first closed and after that the emphasis was on online studies.
Online studies were possible only when you have an Android phone. I had a phone with a keypad, but for the education of my daughter, we decided to buy an Android phone,” he states.
The mobile phone costed Rs 7,000, but he did not have that much amount in lumpsum, so he took a loan from a person of the village and in return paid the amount along with interest in several instalments. Several thousand rupees had to be paid as interest. (IANS)