Online classes vs. Physical school- What do the students have to say?

A study was conducted by the Muttha Foundation in Nov 2020 across Maharashtra to understand the roll-out of the tech-based distance education across the state during the school closures due to COVID-19. As a part of this extensive study 1254 primary school students were interviewed. According to the study, 87 percent of the students attending TECH BASED DISTANCE EDUCATION classes said they preferred regular school.

While 84 percent of these said the reason behind it was that they missed the meeting, sharing and playing with their school friends. 78 percent students missed the out- of-class experiences like playing games on the playground, picnics, etc. Boredom (40%), distraction (35%) and vague/unclear teaching methods (29%) were the top three reasons perceived by the parents for their children not learning well through TECH BASED DISTANCE EDUCATION and wished for the schools to re-open soon

This study was conducted to understand the approach, challenges and implications of tech-based distance education for the primary school students from the government and budget private schools across Maharashtra.

Keep watching this space to know more about how engaged the children are in their online classes, in our next post.

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