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ZeClassroom - An innovative technology that can bring education to students from rural schools amidst their technological limitations

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Mahatma Gandhi once said that the “The future of India lies in its Villages”. As per the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation around 65% people of India lives in rural areas and 35% lives in urban areas as of 2020. The progress of our country depends on empowering the rural population and education plays a major role in their upliftment.  The choice of right technology and resources along with right minds together can bring a revolutionary change in educating the students from rural areas.  This led to our research in finding the fundamental problems in conducting online classes in rural areas. Problem The main hindrance to conducting full-fledged online classes in rural areas is the availability of high-speed Internet for students and parents as well as for educators in rural areas.  Most video conferencing softwares consume high internet bandwidth which leads to slow video streaming and loss of internet data for students.   Purchasing costly internet data packs is un