Ramaswami: The emphasis on promoting online education at this juncture makes one wonder whether all government schools, colleges and universities have adequate infrastructural conditions to support it. More importantly whether most students have those facilities at home—where they are expected to be—to avail that education? A more foundational question is whether courses that have always been transacted in a face-to-face mode can suddenly become suitable to conduct online? Are all teachers trained to do that? However, it is also important to acknowledge that in times of prescribed social distancing, making efforts towards online teaching/interaction could be the only way to socially connect with students. There is a need to remember the diversity of the classroom and differential access to online platforms while taking this step. It can only be an interim measure, primarily to connect from a distance rather than become a mandatory tool of teaching itself.