[Research] Fwd: Education Emergency
Aaditeshwar Seth
aseth at cse.iitd.ac.in
Fri Sep 17 22:15:08 IST 2021
Thanks Archana! It's all really a team effort :)
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.
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 https://gramvaani.org/?p=3631 but hopefully in a few days we'll
have a new website. It's much needed!
regards
Aadi
On 17-09-2021 18:02, Archana Mehendale wrote:
> Dear Aadi,
> 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.
> Congratulations to you and your team!
> Best regards,
> Archana
>
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 6:09 AM Guru <Guru at itforchange.net
> <mailto:Guru at itforchange.net>> wrote:
>
> Thanks Aadi
>
> The report is now available on
> https://educationemergency.net/2021/09/survey-on-the-schooling-crisis/
> <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/
>>> <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 <http://www.ITforChange.Net>| Cell:91
>>> 9845437730 | Tel:91 80 26654134, 26536890
>>> My search engine is https://duckduckgo.com
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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>
>>> <mailto:aseth at cse.iitd.ac.in>
>>> To: Guru <Guru at ITforChange.net> <mailto: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
>>>>> <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/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children/>
>>>>> https://educationemergency.net/ <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
>>
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