Educators and parents have long voiced reservations about the effects of television on formative minds. But as Uzbekistan struggled with how to provide distance learning to students during its initial March 24-May 1 COVID-19 lockdown, the ubiquitous “idiot box” proved essential.
Now amidst a second regimen of government-imposed extreme social distancing due to a resurgence of the virus, albeit during school vacation this time, the Central Asian nation seems to be ready for a possible return to...