kochi the kerala startup mission ksum on friday said a firm associated with it has come up with an app that enables students and teachers to continue with their studies that have gone offtrack following early closure of schools amid the outbreak of novel coronaviruslinways technologies has devised the software which keeping in tune with social distancing that is essential to contain the pandemicwe are providing it for free for the next couple of months we are also considering whether it should be extended based on the situation according to bastin thomas co founder of the company based in ksums integrated startup complex in kalamassery near herethe app which is already being used by close to 100 higher education institutions in the country entrusts the head of a department or school with the authority to direct the conduct of classesfrom there the lessons reach the studentsthe app facilitates access to video lectures and provides an update on who all have viewed themit also provides details of the portions covered and the students who have read the materialthe app features quiz quick tests and a facility to clarify doubtslinways is determined to support teachers and students all across the globe to survive and come together stronger than everthomas saidour digital learning platform is well equipped to manage online learning at all levels he saidlinways with a 40member team has an office in bangalore as wellmeanwhile the ksum has launched break corona which is a series of initiatives against the covid19 virusthe mission promotes ideas and product solutions to support coronavirus patients quarantine people provide hardware products that can be useful at the time of crisis ideas for effective logistics and distribution of food medicine and grocery support aged people and infants create job opportunities during lockdown and produce masks sanitisers and glovesmore about the mission can be accessed from a ksum release saidthe 2006founded ksum is kerala governments nodal agency for entrepreneurship development and incubation activities in the state