Where teachers record, relying on the silence of the night
(WorldNews India)

One night last month, Carmelina Rodrigues found herself stuttering in front of her amused son, who was wondering “why mummy is getting dressed up at quarter to midnight”. Her neighbours, too, wanted to know “why she was muttering away in the middle of the night”. Rodrigues, 48, is an English teacher at Pragati Vidyalaya in Ponda, and relies on the silence of the night to record online tutorials for her “children at school”. From multiple retakes to spending hours on research; from “reviewing” phone calls with students to recording late sessions at home; from working on PowerPoints, apps and images to navigating multiple online platforms — teachers in rural Goa, like many of their peers...