TWO months after mid-day reported about the struggle of students of a Dharavi school in shifting to the online schooling mode in absence of a smartphone, 29 received brand new mobile phones, thanks to generous donations to the institution.

mid-day had reported that about 60 per cent of the students, who receive free educationat the Banyan Tree English School near Matunga Labour Camp, were unable to attend online classes as they did not have a smartphone. The school has a strength of approximately 543 pupils from underprivileged families.