was the nature of online classes conducted by teachers for their students ?
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 study, 1254 primary school students were interviewed who were accessing tech based distance education. Along with them 409 primary schools teachers imparting this education were also interviewed and 609 online classes were observed.
Of the classes observed, only 27 percent classes were synchronous
(classes where students and teachers could interact with each other at the same
time) and 73 percent classes were asynchronous with mainly WhatsApp used as the
asynchronous platform. Smart phones with cellular network were commonly used by
all stakeholders (98%), from BEOs to students for TECH BASED DISTANCE EDUCATION.
Radios and Desktops/laptops/tablets were the least used across all regions.
Recorded videos
(80%) and recorded audios (56%) were the most commonly used method of
conducting these classes. The teachers reported that they recorded their
classes and sent the recording and the material to the students mostly through
WhatsApp. The private school teachers reported higher usage of live videos
(45%) than the government school teachers (30%), and the urban school teachers
used live audios (28%) and live videos (44%) more than the rural schools.
The data collected
about the activities done in the class by the teachers showed that the
propensity to adopt new teaching-learning practices by teachers, that are
different from their plain lecturing method, was low. 87 percent teachers asked
their students to do reading activity and 86 percent teachers asked students to
do writing activity in the online classes, as per the teacher interview data. Only
30 percent teachers encouraged the students to ask questions .
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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guiding their children….
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