Utility of TECH BASED DISTANCE EDUCATION for students as reported by teachers and other officials

 

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, 68 CRCCs/HM and 409 teachers were interviewed. 29 percent teachers and 49 percent CRCCs/HMs said that they found TECH BASED DISTANCE EDUCATION greatly useful for student learning while 71 percent teachers, 51 percent CRCCs and 39% BEOs reported minimal utility of TECH BASED DISTANCE EDUCATION for student learning.

53 percent teachers across the state have said that they found it difficult to implement TECH BASED DISTANCE EDUCATION while 46 percent have reported ease of implementation, irrespective of gender of teacher and the type of school. When the teachers were asked about the key challenges faced in implementation, technical challenges (74%), parental support (64%), the lack of availability/accessibility /affordability of devices for students (56%) and student engagement (54%) were the top difficulties reported by more than 50 percent teachers in the implementation of TECH BASED DISTANCE EDUCATION at a state level.

The following graph shows how these challenges affect teachers in both government and private schools-

 

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.

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