[Research] Fwd: Education Emergency

Fri Sep 17 10:50:11 IST 2021

Dear Aadi

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.
It was a wonderful idea to use the Graamvani <https://gramvaani.org/>
network to get the study done!

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?)

Is this report available online? (if not we can upload and provide a
link on
https://educationemergency.net/category/resource/research-studies/).   I
will also request my colleague Sreemoyee to tweet it from the
@eduemergency handle today/tomorrow.

thanks once again.

warm regards
Guru

Gurumurthy Kasinathan
www.ITforChange.Net| Cell:91 9845437730 | Tel:91 80 26654134, 26536890
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-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: 	Re: Education Emergency
Date: 	Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:35:52 +0530
From: 	Aaditeshwar Seth <aseth at cse.iitd.ac.in>
To: 	Guru <Guru at ITforChange.net>

Dear Guru,

Hope you have been well.

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. 

- 1243 people participated in this survey to report about school
re-opening and the impact of the lockdown on children’s learning.

- 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.

- 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.

- 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.

- 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.

- 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.

- 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.

regards

Aadi

On 05-08-2021 12:53, Aaditeshwar Seth wrote:
>
> Dear Guru,
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> regards
>
> Aadi
>
>
> On 8/5/2021 12:44 PM, Guru wrote:
>> on another note Aadi
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> I saw an interview of Reetika Khera, IIT-D on 
>> https://m.thewire.in/article/education/watch-karan-thapar-online-education-covid-schools 
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>> https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children/
>> https://educationemergency.net/
>>
>> thanks and regards
>> Guru
>> -- 
>>
>> *Gurumurthy Kasinathan*| Director
>> IT for Change <http://www.itforchange.net/>
>> (/In special consultative status with the United Nations ECOSOC)/
>>   91-80-26654134 |91-9845437730
>>
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