[Research] Fwd: Education Emergency

Fri Sep 17 16:37:52 IST 2021

Thanks Aadi

The report is now available on
https://educationemergency.net/2021/09/survey-on-the-schooling-crisis/
and we will tag @gramvaani when we tweet

Both the report (format) and the audio recordings communicate the
message quite simply and powerfully.

thanks and regards,
Guru

Gurumurthy Kasinathan
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On 17/09/21 2:44 pm, Aaditeshwar Seth wrote:
>
> Dear Guru and everybody,
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Btw, when you share on social media please tag @gramvaani on
> Twitter/Facebook, and we'll share further.
>
>
> regards
>
> Aadi
>
>
> On 17-09-2021 10:50, Guru wrote:
>> 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
>> My search engine is https://duckduckgo.com. Make it yours.
>>
>>
>> -------- 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
>>>>
>> -- 
> -- 
> Aaditeshwar Seth
> Computer Science and Engineering
> IIT Delhi
>
> http://www.cse.iitd.ernet.in/~aseth
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