On Tuesday, May 5, 2020, the EdTech Hub participated in a question and answer session for policy-makers and tertiary education stakeholders in The Maldives and Sri Lanka. The session focused on the challenges and issues in designing high-quality, effective, distance education programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants included high-level officials from the Maldivian and Sri Lankan governments (e.g., the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Communication, Science and Technology), representatives from development partners (e.g., the World Bank) and various stakeholders in the tertiary education sector (e.g., universities and TVET colleges). Representatives of certain states of India, namely, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand were also in attendance. This document provides answers to a consolidated list of 13 questions received from stakeholders before and during the session. To consolidate any overlap, we have occasionally combined multiple questions into one. In other cases, where multiple important issues required a focused response, we split apart questions. This document outlines the following two sets of questions. This document is available on Google Docs.