Mumbai: Prolonged school closure since the pandemic began to have a “disaster consequence” in children’s education, according to a new survey of 1,362 school children from underprivileged homes in 15 states and UTS.
The survey revealed that in rural areas, 37% of the sample students did not study at all – 19% in urban areas – and only 8% were studying online online.
As many as 48% of rural children surveyed could not read more than a few words.
About 65% of parents in samples whose children learn online feel their child’s ability to read and write has declined since the lock starts.
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For example, only 4% of the caste and tribe of Tribe scheduled for rural areas are studying online regularly compared to 15% among other rural children.

Online learning surveys for school children and offline (school) have been conducted this August in 15 states and the United States, including Maharashtra, Up, West Bengal and Karnataka.
It was a joint effort of nearly 100 volunteers throughout the country, with a survey report prepared by the team, including economists Jean Dreeze and Retika Khera.
Samples were taken from the hamlets that were seized and traced where most children attended government schools.
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Digital divide is real and hurts a low-income group with.
The survey reveals the Digital Stark gap, which proposes the limit for online learning.
Only 51% of rural households surveyed have a smartphone.
Even among houses with smartphones, only 31% or children learn online regularly in urban areas and 15% in rural areas.
One main reason is access to children to smartphones, which are often used by adults who work.
The survey found that only 12% of rural children surveyed had their own smartphones.
Another problem from online access is poor connectivity and lack of money for “data”.
As many as 57% of urban children and 65% of rural children in the sample reported “problem connectivity in online classes.
Many find it difficult to follow online material with 46% of urban samples and 43% of rural samples that report this problem.
The report was titled ‘Locked – Emergency Report on School Education’ emphasized the need to reopen the school.
As many as 90% of urban parents and 97% of rural parents in the sample wanted a school to reopen.
“Most parents feel that the ability to read and write their children has come down during locking.
They desperately waited for school to be reopened.
Indeed, for many of them, school education is the only hope that their children will have a life Better than themselves, “said the report.
Among “Offline Children” (those who do not study online during the survey), there is little regular learning evidence.
Great majority do not study at all, or just learn alone at home from time to time.
In rural areas, almost half of the children offline did not study at all during the survey.
Many report a decrease in literacy rate.
As many as 65% of parents in samples whose children learn online feel their child’s ability to read and write has declined since the lock starts.
In rural areas, the proportion is 70%.
However, regardless of mass decline in the ability to read and write, children are promoted to higher classes of two values ​​above their pre-locking levels.
“This survey provides a colossal damage hunch created by this expanded lock – one of the longest in the world.
It will take years to work to repair this damage.
Open school is just the first step.
After that, the school system needs to go through the period Extended transition not only to allow children to follow with a reasonable curriculum but also to recover their psychological, social and nutritional welfare, “the report said.