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<p>Dear Guru and everybody, <br>
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<p>Thanks a lot, and please do share any feedback. Do note that
several audio recordings are linked off from the report and if you
feel any indepth interviews or stories will help further then
please do let us know, we'll try to facilitate interactions with
the Mobile Vaani users who reported their experiences and
thoughts. <br>
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<p>And sure, do upload it to the research studies website. We are in
the process of upgrading our website and will take a couple of
days to put it up at our end. <br>
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<p>Btw, when you share on social media please tag @gramvaani on
Twitter/Facebook, and we'll share further. <br>
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<p>regards</p>
<p>Aadi</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 17-09-2021 10:50, Guru wrote:<br>
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Dear Aadi<br>
<br>
Thank you for sharing the study report. The report itself is so
well done and its messages clear. The numbers on school dropout
are alarming and we are seeing it also in terms of reduced
enrolment when schools open.<br>
It was a wonderful idea to use the <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://gramvaani.org/">Graamvani</a> network to get the
study done!<br>
<br>
I am copying our research working group and we will include this
report in our next research compilation that we will share in
Nov-Dec. (Archana/friends any other comments/suggestions?)<br>
<br>
Is this report available online? (if not we can upload and provide
a link on <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://educationemergency.net/category/resource/research-studies/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://educationemergency.net/category/resource/research-studies/</a>).
I will also request my colleague Sreemoyee to tweet it from the
@eduemergency handle today/tomorrow.<br>
<br>
thanks once again.<br>
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warm regards<br>
Guru<br>
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<p>Dear Guru,</p>
<p>Hope you have been well. <br>
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Encouraged by Bhaskar, we conducted an IVR survey on the Mobile
Vaani platforms to ask parents about school reopening and the
impact that the 1.5 years of school lockdown has had on the
children. It took us very long though to get it rolling and to
analyze the results because our team got bogged down suddenly
with some important project deadlines. I'm sending the survey
report and some highlights are below, largely in line with the
SCHOOL survey recently completed by Jean and Reetika.
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<p>- 1243 people participated in this survey to report about
school re-opening and the impact of the lockdown on children’s
learning. <br>
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- 72% of parents want to send their children to schools while
14% are fearful of COVID and are reluctant in their wards to
school. 9% said that they want to wait for vaccination of
their child. Around 5% have yet not decided or cannot comment
at the moment. <br>
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- Only 17% of parents said that they have separate smart
phones with internet for their children to do online classes
while 20% said that their children share the smart phones
among themselves to undertake online classes. Around 55% of
parents said that either they have a single smartphone in
their houses for daily use or there is no smartphone, which
impedes their children from online learning. <br>
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- Among those who are able to take online classes, children
face many challenges. The foremost challenge stated by 36% of
parents is that teachers are not able to pay attention to each
and every child during online classes, followed by 36% of
parents who said that online content is hard for their
children to comprehend. <br>
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- 61% ofparents are of the view that children have lost
interest in studies and it has been one of the most adverse
effects of children not being able to attend school. Mobile
phone addiction, poor nutrition (as children are not able to
avail Mid day meal and Aanganwadi provisions) are other
adverse effects expressed by parents. <br>
<br>
- 39% percent further expressed that their children have
dropped out in order to work and earn for the household.
Another 22% dropped out for a lack of resources like school
fee, smartphones and laptops. <br>
<br>
- 57% of parents suggested that the government must ensure
that all the teachers and other staff have been vaccinated to
smoothly resume schools. 19% suggested that schools can resume
activities with a reduced number of children in classes along
with following COVID related compliances like proper
sanitation, masking and social distancing. <br>
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<p>regards</p>
<p>Aadi</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 05-08-2021 12:53, Aaditeshwar
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<p>Dear Guru, <br>
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<p>Yes for sure, I'm CCing Reetika. She is of course the
front-runner here in raising these and other social issues
to public attention. <br>
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<p>I am also CCing Professor Bhaskaran Raman from IIT Bombay
who has also been championing the aspect of re-opening of
schools. He recently put in a letter to several state CMs
endorsed by a wide network of academics, lawyers, and
educationalists. <br>
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<p>Dear Reetika and Bhaskar, Guru leads IT for Change in
Bangalore. He has a very rich experience of working with the
education system especially in Kerala and Karnataka, and is
also a strong advocate for the use of FOSS (free and
open-source software) in schools to replace the use of
proprietary software in teaching and the education
curriculum. Please do see the links below on the education
emergency. <br>
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<p>regards</p>
<p>Aadi</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/5/2021 12:44 PM, Guru wrote:<br>
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on another note Aadi<br>
<br>
I am part of a National Coalition on the Education
Emergency, which has been formed, to create a wider social
mobilization around the issues connected to school closure.<br>
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I saw an interview of Reetika Khera, IIT-D on <a
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href="https://m.thewire.in/article/education/watch-karan-thapar-online-education-covid-schools"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://m.thewire.in/article/education/watch-karan-thapar-online-education-covid-schools</a>
and she has discussed many of the points we have been
speaking about. While many are saying clearly that schools
and colleges must open (carefully), bringing them together
and connecting these ideas to communities, mass
organizations would make the task of persuading governments
less difficult. <br>
<br>
Would it be possible for you to forward this mail to her, I
would like to discuss and see how she could amplify the
messages as well as support us in building a larger social
mobilization around this issue. <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://educationemergency.net/"
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thanks and regards<br>
Guru<br>
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