[Socialmobilization] Survey of families on education during the pandemic: A report by the NCEE

[Marzia]

Dear All,

We have just released this report 
<https://educationemergency.net/2022/03/cries-of-anguish/> on the NCEE's 
rapid survey in three states. Please find below the press release and 
summary of the report in three languages. Request you to go through it 
and share in your networks.

Warm regards,
Marzia

*For immediate release*
**

*'Cries of Anguish' - **Parents report loss of basic skills and deep 
socio-emotional stress amongst children*

The NCEE conducted a rapid households survey of parents in Karnataka, 
Telangana and Tamil Nadu about their children's education during the 
pandemic and the main finding of this study is that *poor parents are 
desperate about the education future of their children and fully 
conscious of the devastating toll that prolonged school closure has 
taken on the learning, socio-emotional development and behaviour of 
their children*. This is the first study, to our knowledge, that 
captures parents' thoughts and opinions, after the opening of schools.

Between *70 and 80 percent of households felt that their* *children’s 
ability to read and write had declined or stayed the same* (or they were 
unable to assess). Parents highlight the changed behavior, lack of focus 
and attention and the addiction to mobile phones amongst the children.

The opinions about online education are unequivocal: that children 
learnt virtually nothing. Parents are overwhelmingly in favour of 
keeping schools open for in-person learning. The study also highlights 
that the period of school closures deepened inequality in the system: 
While children from poor and marginalized families found it challenging 
to even access online education, those parents who could support their 
children’s online education felt that their children had made some 
academic progress, even during the pandemic.

We urge readers of the attached report 
<https://educationemergency.net/2022/03/cries-of-anguish/> to go through 
the individual testimonies of parents, apart from the quantitative data. 
It is our hope that policy makers and administrators will also reflect 
this level of deep understanding about the critical situation on the 
ground while developing their policies and programmes.

- National Coalition on the Education Emergency (NCEE)

The NCEE is a group of individuals, organizations and networks across 
the country which have come together to ‘resume and renew’ school 
education. The NCEE working groups produce research studies, curricular 
resources, guidelines for school opening to support governments, 
teachers, parents and communities to address the Education Emergency.
info at educationemergency.net | www.educationemergency.net 
<http://www.educationemergency.net>
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