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<p>Thanks Archana! It's all really a team effort :)</p>
<p>And likewise, the education emergency website is extremely well
organized and I am sure it will pave the path for appropriate ways
to resume schooling and learning catchup. Do add me to the mailing
list. <br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>Btw, throughout the covid episode since last year we did a lot of
surveys and research, especially on social protection. It's all
dumped here <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://gramvaani.org/?p=3631">https://gramvaani.org/?p=3631</a> but hopefully in a few
days we'll have a new website. It's much needed! <br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>regards</p>
<p>Aadi</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 17-09-2021 18:02, Archana Mehendale
wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Dear Aadi,
<div>I just went through your report that Guru uploaded on the
research page of Education Emergency. The report is very
insightful. Really liked the clarity in presentation and an
opportunity to hear the voices from the field. </div>
<div>Congratulations to you and your team!</div>
<div>Best regards,</div>
<div>Archana</div>
</div>
<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 6:09
AM Guru <<a href="mailto:Guru@itforchange.net"
moz-do-not-send="true">Guru@itforchange.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div> Thanks Aadi<br>
<br>
The report is now available on <a
href="https://educationemergency.net/2021/09/survey-on-the-schooling-crisis/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://educationemergency.net/2021/09/survey-on-the-schooling-crisis/</a><br>
and we will tag @gramvaani when we tweet<br>
<br>
Both the report (format) and the audio recordings
communicate the message quite simply and powerfully. <br>
<br>
thanks and regards,<br>
Guru<br>
<br>
<div>Gurumurthy Kasinathan<br>
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9845437730 | <a target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">Tel:91</a>
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On 17/09/21 2:44 pm, Aaditeshwar Seth wrote:<br>
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<p>Dear Guru and everybody, <br>
</p>
<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>
</p>
<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>
</p>
<p>Btw, when you share on social media please tag
@gramvaani on Twitter/Facebook, and we'll share further.
<br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>regards</p>
<p>Aadi</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<div>On 17-09-2021 10:50, Guru wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"> 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
href="https://gramvaani.org/" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">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
href="https://educationemergency.net/category/resource/research-studies/"
target="_blank" 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>
<br>
warm regards<br>
Guru<br>
<br>
<div>Gurumurthy Kasinathan<br>
<a href="http://www.ITforChange.Net" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">www.ITforChange.Net</a>|
Cell:91 9845437730 | <a target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">Tel:91</a> 80 26654134,
26536890<br>
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<td>Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:35:52 +0530</td>
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align="RIGHT">From: </th>
<td>Aaditeshwar Seth <a
href="mailto:aseth@cse.iitd.ac.in"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><aseth@cse.iitd.ac.in></a></td>
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<td>Guru <a href="mailto:Guru@ITforChange.net"
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<p>Dear Guru,</p>
<p>Hope you have been well. <br>
</p>
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.
<p><br>
</p>
<p>- 1243 people participated in this survey to report
about school re-opening and the impact of the
lockdown on children’s learning. <br>
<br>
- 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>
<br>
- 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>
<br>
- 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>
<br>
- 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>
<br>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>regards</p>
<p>Aadi</p>
<p><br>
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<div>On 05-08-2021 12:53, Aaditeshwar Seth wrote:<br>
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<p>Dear Guru, <br>
</p>
<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>
</p>
<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>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<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>
</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<p>regards</p>
<p>Aadi</p>
<p><br>
</p>
<div>On 8/5/2021 12:44 PM, Guru wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"> 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>
<br>
I saw an interview of Reetika Khera, IIT-D on <a
href="https://m.thewire.in/article/education/watch-karan-thapar-online-education-covid-schools"
target="_blank" 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
href="https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children/</a><br>
<a href="https://educationemergency.net/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://educationemergency.net/</a><br>
<br>
thanks and regards<br>
Guru<br>
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