76% of Indian Students Faced Learning Losses During Pandemic: UNICEF
3 years, 1 month ago

76% of Indian Students Faced Learning Losses During Pandemic: UNICEF

News 18  

As many as 76 per cent of parents of children between the ages of 5-13 years, and 80 per cent of adolescents between 14-18 years, reported learning less due to extended closure of schools, as per a survey by UNICEF. “With the safe reopening of schools across the country after more than a year, the children’s Charter of Demands focuses attention on safe school reopening as well as equitable access to online learning, reducing the size of the syllabus and prioritizing vaccination for children,” UNICEF said in an official notice. They also asked for free COVID-19 vaccination of children “so that we can freely interact, play and learn.” They also demanded reopening of schools with COVID-19 safety measures like vaccination, thermal screening, availability of masks in school, regular sanitization, and physical distancing. Read| Covid-19 Pushes Kids Out of Schools, Parents Still Willing to Pay for Tuition: ASER Report Further, they demanded mid-day meals, creating awareness among school staff on COVID appropriate behaviour, training teachers on creative ways of online learning and supporting mental health issues of the students as well as bringing education policy changes in the COVID times. Yasumasa Kimura, UNICEF India Representative said “The global pandemic has impacted children in so many ways – education is a critical area, along with nutrition, immunisation, mental and physical health, and protection of children.

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From Pandemic Necessity to Future Revolution: Why Online Education is Here to Stay
1 year, 8 months ago

From Pandemic Necessity to Future Revolution: Why Online Education is Here to Stay

News 18  

Even before the advent and unfortunate spread of Covid-19, online education was slowly spreading roots in India. The sheer scale and speed of the spread has helped to speed up its implementation across the country, and we are left with the question: Is online education the new norm going forward? Online education is already the norm in several countries across …

What India needs to improve in its education system post-pandemic? | In Focus podcast
1 year, 11 months ago

What India needs to improve in its education system post-pandemic? | In Focus podcast

The Hindu  

It was only in 2022, after the third wave of COVID-19, that schools in India finally reopened fully, after two plus years of pandemic-related disruptions. The Annual Status of Education Report 2022, brought out by the NGO Pratham last week, reveals that at least one of these concerns may not be a problem: overall enrolment figures for the 6 to …

More Students Enrolled in Govt Schools Post Pandemic; Learning Levels of Classes 3-5 Drop: ASER
1 year, 11 months ago

More Students Enrolled in Govt Schools Post Pandemic; Learning Levels of Classes 3-5 Drop: ASER

News 18  

The number of students enrolled in schools in the 6-14 age-group increased to 98.4% in 2022 from 97.2% in 2018, with a higher number of children enrolled in government schools than private schools. Also, there is an alarming drop in learning levels in classes 3 and 5, as per the findings of the Annual Status of Education Report 2022 that …

School-goers can recover covid learning losses if we get it right
2 years ago

School-goers can recover covid learning losses if we get it right

Live Mint  

What is the country’s progress on recovering learning losses through the near-two year shut down of schools during the covid pandemic? The gulf between the two classes is because the teacher decided to focus all energy on class 5, “since they will move on to a middle school, while I have another year with class-4.” A third snapshot from a …

The changing face of Indian education: Is homeschooling a new normal amongst young parents?
2 years ago

The changing face of Indian education: Is homeschooling a new normal amongst young parents?

India Today  

The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted nearly every sector of the industry, with education being no exception. When it comes to conventional schooling, one curriculum is designed for everyone, but when it comes to home-schooling, parents can customize the curriculum of their children according to their interests and work towards their better development. On the contrary, homeschooling gives …

Post-Pandemic Brain Drain: Indian Students Fly Abroad in Search of 'Healthier' Study Destinations
2 years, 4 months ago

Post-Pandemic Brain Drain: Indian Students Fly Abroad in Search of 'Healthier' Study Destinations

News 18  

In what seems to be a post-pandemic brain drain, Indian students are not only opting to go abroad for better academic opportunities, but also better healthcare management and living conditions. Pandemic Amplified Need for Better Lifestyle, Healthcare “Better quality of education, robust pedagogy, upward economic mobility of households, better healthcare and living conditions are the major factors contributing to the …

Overhauling the education system in India: 7 critical changes that need to happen right now
2 years, 4 months ago

Overhauling the education system in India: 7 critical changes that need to happen right now

India Today  

The pandemic propelled a transformation in the education system that perhaps would have taken many more years to eventuate. While the last two years assumed unprecedented importance in the journey of a reimagined education system, today, which is all the more critical for all of us. Here are the changes that must be integrated into the Indian education system today …

Rebuilding India’s education sector through microfinance and partnerships in a post-pandemic world
2 years, 5 months ago

Rebuilding India’s education sector through microfinance and partnerships in a post-pandemic world

Firstpost  

Multiple studies have indicated that the variability of income determines whether a child attends school or not and microfinance credit can bring comfort to this fluctuation While the pandemic has been difficult for all of us, its impact on students, particularly young learners, is undeniable. According to the State of the Sector report on Private Schools in India by Central …

Reverse the learning loss of India’s young
2 years, 6 months ago

Reverse the learning loss of India’s young

Hindustan Times  

A new government survey released on Wednesday evening confirmed what a raft of non-official reports and studies have been indicating: Learning levels were hammered by the Covid-19, with school closures disproportionately impacting students in rural areas. The National Achievement Survey 2021, the first such exercise conducted since 2017, found that the national average percentage, the average of scores across four …

Around 30% Students Haven't Returned to Schools After Pandemic: Odisha Govt Report
2 years, 7 months ago

Around 30% Students Haven't Returned to Schools After Pandemic: Odisha Govt Report

News 18  

The education of millions of children in India was gravely impacted due to the closure of schools following strict lockdowns during the pandemic. The School and Mass Education secretary, Bishnupada Sethi, weighed in on the issue and said that students were not attending school despite the government making provisions for a midday meal and implementing a learning recovery plan. According …

COVID Blues: Enough about Exams, Placements; Ask Students How They’re Doing
2 years, 7 months ago

COVID Blues: Enough about Exams, Placements; Ask Students How They’re Doing

News 18  

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to send shock waves throughout the world, education is witnessing unprecedented changes. According to the World Bank, 94 per cent of students – 1.6 billion – were out of educational institutions during lockdowns. An estimated 258 million children were out of school, and the Learning Poverty rate in developing countries was 53 per cent – …

Parents see decline in learning, behavioural changes in children during Covid-19 pandemic: Study
2 years, 9 months ago

Parents see decline in learning, behavioural changes in children during Covid-19 pandemic: Study

The Hindu  

During the troughs and crests of each wave of COVID-19 over two years, parents, especially those from lower socio-economic groups who were struggling to make ends meet with the threat of job loss and pay cuts, watched helplessly as their children struggled with online classes. In comparison, 59% of parents whose children were in private schools said they observed a …

State schools need our urgent attention
2 years, 9 months ago

State schools need our urgent attention

Hindustan Times  

Close to four million students shifted to State-run schools in 2020-21, according to the Union ministry of education’s Unified District Information System for Education report. The report shows that the bulk of the drop in the enrolment from pre-primary to Class 12 was found in the early classes and that nearly 75% of schools did not have internet facilities and …

How Covid-19 pandemic has changed the education system, forever
2 years, 10 months ago

How Covid-19 pandemic has changed the education system, forever

India TV News  

The Covid-19 has resulted in prolonged schools shutting all across the world. Role of digital technology Digital technology with easy access to the internet helped bring remote learning opportunities, online classrooms, and access to high-quality education even in rural and semi-urban locations. Online learning=Flexible learning Online learning can help students pursue highly personalized learning programs; these combined with hands-on exercises, …

In COVID Times, Why It is Dangerous to Mistake Information for Education
2 years, 10 months ago

In COVID Times, Why It is Dangerous to Mistake Information for Education

News 18  

The Budget announcement every year by the Finance Minister is a big event typically followed by praise, criticism, expression of opinions by experts and conversation among people in general. Besides the usual provisions, a Digital University has been proposed to give access to world-class quality education to all students with personalised learning experience at their doorstep. The Budget also focuses …

Keep schools open, children can't wait: UNICEF
2 years, 10 months ago

Keep schools open, children can't wait: UNICEF

India Today  

Keep schools open amid the Covid-19 pandemic, said an official statement released by UNICEF. Also, World Bank's Global Education Director Jaime Saavedra said that there is no justification now for keeping schools closed in view of the pandemic and even if there are new waves, closing schools should be the last resort, according to the UNICEF Recommendations to reopen schools …

Covid-19 pandemic causes 'learning loss' in Chhattisgarh school kids: ASER report
2 years, 10 months ago

Covid-19 pandemic causes 'learning loss' in Chhattisgarh school kids: ASER report

India Today  

The Annual Annual Status of Education Report 2021 for Chhattisgarh has found that the percentage of students unable to recognise even alphabet letters in beginner-level classes has doubled in 2021 as compared to 2018. Lowest foundational reading level in a decade The report read, "The proportion of children at beginner-level in classes II, III and VI has roughly doubled in …

On International Day of Education, here are five emerging learning trends
2 years, 11 months ago

On International Day of Education, here are five emerging learning trends

India TV News  

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 January as International Day of Education to celebrate the pivotal role that education plays in creating peace and development. Education will be hybrid and digitally adaptive Rajesh says, "According to a post on unesco.org, 258 million children and youth in the world still do not attend school and over 617 million children and …

UNICEF survey: Kerala CM thanks Edu Dept, parents-teachers for efforts amid COVID
2 years, 11 months ago

UNICEF survey: Kerala CM thanks Edu Dept, parents-teachers for efforts amid COVID

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said collective efforts of the education department, parents, teaching community and the society have helped to ensure that the education process of the state continued unhindered during the time of COVID-19 pandemic. "Kerala is an exception: about 70 per cent of parents of both younger & adolescent students believe that overall learning …

A digital divide haunts schools adapting to virus hurdles
2 years, 11 months ago

A digital divide haunts schools adapting to virus hurdles

Associated Press  

When April Schneider’s children returned to in-person classrooms this year, she thought they were leaving behind the struggles from more than a year of remote learning. As more families pivot back to remote learning amid quarantines and school closures, reliable, consistent access to devices and home internet remains elusive for many students who need them to keep up with their …

COVID-19 pandemic may not have been all bad for school students, study finds
2 years, 11 months ago

COVID-19 pandemic may not have been all bad for school students, study finds

ABC  

Despite the significant disruption the COVID-19 pandemic caused to schools, some students still look back on the experience positively, an Australian study shows. Key points: An Australian study found students who reported creativity in their learning during the pandemic also reported less overall stress Schools have an opportunity to re-imagine the way classes are taught, researcher Dr Tim Patston said …

Year-ender 2021: How Covid-19 pandemic enabled EdTech to become leading sector for growth
3 years ago

Year-ender 2021: How Covid-19 pandemic enabled EdTech to become leading sector for growth

India Today  

The increased adoption by institutions, professionals, parents, and students marks the growth. Adoption of EdTech tools and products by students, teachers, and institutes The pandemic enabled EdTech to become the leading sector for growth. Even while educational technology, or edtech, has been around for a while, the worldwide lockdown caused by the pandemic was undoubtedly the driving force for its …

Children and schooling in the post-COVID-19 era
3 years ago

Children and schooling in the post-COVID-19 era

The Hindu  

When someone in the family falls sick, all normal routines and arrangements are affected. Peripheral concern Children’s education and health are two major domains in which welfare policies of the modern state are expected to support and enhance the family’s role. Restoring children’s innate desire to relate to the world physically and socially surrounding them will constitute a major step …

Only 25% Students Were Able to Access Education During School Closures in Delhi: Survey
3 years ago

Only 25% Students Were Able to Access Education During School Closures in Delhi: Survey

News 18  

Only 25 per cent of enrolled school-aged children accessed education during school closures in Delhi, despite high levels of internet connectivity, reveals a survey conducted by policy think tanks LIRNEasia and ICRIER. Read | Your Dream internship is Here, 1-day Internship at OnePlus, JioSaavn & Rapido Auto Only 25 per cent of school-aged children had any access to formal education …

How Covid-19 has forced the dropout rate to shoot up in India and what we can do
3 years, 1 month ago

How Covid-19 has forced the dropout rate to shoot up in India and what we can do

India Today  

Sabin, a primary school student from Delhi slums, had to drop out of school because her parents could no longer educate three children on their pandemic-affected meager income. Unemployment has been rising since the Covid-19 pandemic started in early 2020, which has pushed parents to prioritize survival over children’s education, especially fees in private schools. How to prevent further dropouts …

10 popular trends to deal education crisis post pandemic
3 years, 1 month ago

10 popular trends to deal education crisis post pandemic

India Today  

The covid-19 pandemic has totally changed the educational scenario in very unpredictable ways. From the previous year, as schools moved to online learning and teachers scrambled to deal with different ways of teaching, many students and parents gained a new appreciation for the value of self-care. STEAM curriculum Earlier you have heard about STEM, which stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, …

Kerala Ahead of Other States in Providing Online Education: Pinarayi Vijayan
3 years, 1 month ago

Kerala Ahead of Other States in Providing Online Education: Pinarayi Vijayan

News 18  

Kerala is much ahead of other states in providing online education to children during the COVID-19 pandemic, as 91 per cent of those in rural areas were able to continue their studies with the help of technology, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Thursday. While 91 per cent of children in rural areas of Kerala had access to online classes, …

UNICEF India Calls for Urgent Action for Safe Reopening of Schools
3 years, 1 month ago

UNICEF India Calls for Urgent Action for Safe Reopening of Schools

News 18  

On the occasion of Children’s day, the United Nations Children’s Fund India unveiled Pandemic Classroom installation in the national capital. The installation which will be open for display till November 20, on World Children’s Day, aims to call for urgent action to support learning. Read | Go Beyond the Syllabus: As Schools Reopen, Children Need Help to Adjust to New …

National Education Day 2021: What is Going to be Future of Indian Education in Post-Pandemic Era?
3 years, 1 month ago

National Education Day 2021: What is Going to be Future of Indian Education in Post-Pandemic Era?

News 18  

The Covid-19 pandemic brought education to a halt for many, but then along came ed-tech platforms. This National Education Day, News18.com talks to stakeholders to what out what would Indian education system be like in a post-pandemic world? Read| National Education Day: From Abul Kalam Azad to Dharmendra Pradhan Know Qualification of Indian Education Ministers Blended learning is the future …

How teachers in India adopted hybrid learning during Covid
3 years, 1 month ago

How teachers in India adopted hybrid learning during Covid

India Today  

Students living in poverty-stricken areas are more likely to lack the educational tools like mobile phones and laptops that make learning at home successful. Approaches need to be followed in Hybrid Model: The nationwide closings and the associated shift to distance learning and the growing digital divide affected students, teachers, educators, and parents equally. We need to think about how …

School Closure, Digital Divide, Learning Gap: Post-COVID India Needs Resilient Education System
3 years, 1 month ago

School Closure, Digital Divide, Learning Gap: Post-COVID India Needs Resilient Education System

News 18  

Education remains the solitary ray of hope for many to break the vicious circle of poverty. However, the data released by the Unified District Information System for Education for the academic session 2019-20 shows that 78 per cent of schools in India don’t have internet facilities and more than 61 per cent do not even have computers. Approximately 12 crore …

43% teachers unhappy with online mode of teaching in pandemic: Survey
3 years, 2 months ago

43% teachers unhappy with online mode of teaching in pandemic: Survey

India Today  

Around 43 percent of teachers said they were not satisfied with online teaching during the pandemic, while nine percent of them expressed complete dissatisfaction with the mode of education, according to a survey. A total of 220 school teachers participated while 20 people, including eight teachers, were interviewed for an online survey published in the Delhi Commission for Protection of …

Online Education Has Arrived with COVID-19. But Quality, Accessibility Gaps Must be Fixed
3 years, 2 months ago

Online Education Has Arrived with COVID-19. But Quality, Accessibility Gaps Must be Fixed

News 18  

The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely impacted children’s education. The School Education Department of Madhya Pradesh, for instance, has initiated various digital learning interventions such as Radio School, Digital Learning Enhancement Programme, Hamara Ghar Hamara Vidyalaya programme, Shiksha ka Kona, mohalla classes and Knowledge Hub for Electronic Learning, among others. Some studies have examined the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the …

The disturbing effect of Covid-19 on India’s children
3 years, 2 months ago

The disturbing effect of Covid-19 on India’s children

Hindustan Times  

The number of Covid-19 cases in India has dropped to less than 30,000 per day. Before the pandemic hit, she found herself thinking about whether her children would end up as daily wage workers like herself. A team of eminent economists, Jean Dreze and Ritika Khera, and research scholar Vipul Paikra, while surveying 15 states and Union Territories, found that …

Exclusion is the norm in school education
3 years, 3 months ago

Exclusion is the norm in school education

The Hindu  

The prolonged closure of schoolsafter the sudden and totally unplanned lockdown in March 2020 to a possible re-opening at the end of September 2021 has grabbed some media attention at last. Only 8 per cent of rural children were studying online and only 28 per cent were studying “regularly” both online and offline. The survey shows that an overwhelming majority …

A lost generation: India’s COVID crisis reverses decades of progress for children
3 years, 3 months ago

A lost generation: India’s COVID crisis reverses decades of progress for children

LA Times  

Students attend class on the first day of the partial reopening of schools in Noida, a suburb of New Delhi, on Sept. 1, 2021. “I tried to follow lectures on my friend’s smartphone but it was difficult to keep up,” said Sagar Kumbhar, a 16-year-old in Terkheda, a village in southern Maharashtra, India’s second-most crowded state. There are 10.1 million …

Back at school: The Hindu Editorial on student safety during the pandemic
3 years, 3 months ago

Back at school: The Hindu Editorial on student safety during the pandemic

The Hindu  

State governments have taken the difficult decision to reopen schools for some classes, encouraged by a consensus among public health experts that the benefits to students and society at large outweigh the risks of a COVID-19 surge. A week after many of them reopened, mainly at the secondary and higher secondary level, infections among teachers and students have not triggered …

How school closures have hurt our less fortunate students more
3 years, 3 months ago

How school closures have hurt our less fortunate students more

Live Mint  

With most Indian schools shut for the past year and a half, children from poor households, particularly those from marginalized backgrounds, are rapidly forgetting what they had learned before the pandemic, new survey data suggests. Previous surveys during the pandemic have also reported learning setbacks, but the latest one comes at a time when children are preparing to advance two …

India’s schoolchildren need their childhood back
3 years, 4 months ago

India’s schoolchildren need their childhood back

The Hindu  

The economy is open. Expert opinion In June 2021, commenting on the World Health Organization-All India Institute of Medical Sciences serosurvey, AIIMS Director, Dr. Randeep Guleria said, “This study also looked at sero surveillance among children. There are a host of recommendations on how to open schools safely, including by the World Bank, SRCC Children’s Hospital, Mumbai and the Lancet …

Has covid-19 locked out students in rural areas?
3 years, 4 months ago

Has covid-19 locked out students in rural areas?

Live Mint  

CS Satheesha spells out "A-P-P-L-E" into his phone as he teaches remotely from the only place he can get a signal—a treehouse in his back garden in southern India. Jean Dreze, a welfare economist, said that the situation is bound to exacerbate the already "extreme inequalities" in access to education that reinforce India's class, caste and gender divisions. The fear …

Loans for Smartphones, Trekking Through Jungles: 'Lost Generation' Fears as Covid Locks Out India's Poor Students
3 years, 4 months ago

Loans for Smartphones, Trekking Through Jungles: 'Lost Generation' Fears as Covid Locks Out India's Poor Students

News 18  

CS Satheesha spells out “A-P-P-L-E” into his phone as he teaches remotely from the only place he can get a signal — a treehouse in his back garden in southern India. In the Kodagu district of Karnataka state, eight-year-old Shreeshma listens to Satheesha’s WhatsApp voice notes on her mother’s phone on her porch and repeats sentences such as: “This is …

‘Lost generation’ fears as COVID locks out India’s poor students
3 years, 4 months ago

‘Lost generation’ fears as COVID locks out India’s poor students

Al Jazeera  

UNICEF says only one in four Indian children has access to digital devices and internet, with many families selling belongings or taking loans to buy gadgets. Jean Dreze, a welfare economist, said the situation is bound to exacerbate the already “extreme inequalities” in access to education that reinforce India’s class, caste and gender divisions. The fear is that many children …

A step towards solving India’s learning crisis
3 years, 4 months ago

A step towards solving India’s learning crisis

Hindustan Times  

The former education minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, recently launched the National Initiative for Proficiency in reading with Understanding and Numeracy Bharat. In addition to missing out on classroom learning, children Given the worrying statistics, the government’s quest to prioritise FLN by launching a timebound national mission is reassuring. After assessing, we must accordingly provide appropriate remediation support to make up …

Rescued From Child Labour, Dalit Kid in UP Now Lacks Access to Online Education
3 years, 4 months ago

Rescued From Child Labour, Dalit Kid in UP Now Lacks Access to Online Education

The Quint  

According to a UNICEF report titled COVID-19 and School Closures: One Year of Education Disruption, published in March 2021, merely 8.5 percent students in India have access to the internet. According to the report, the main challenges to remote learning initiatives taken by governments and several NGOs after the COVID-19 pandemic have been the lack of access to technological devices …

How can schools stay safe from becoming Covid hotspots?
3 years, 4 months ago

How can schools stay safe from becoming Covid hotspots?

India Today  

Visuals of happy and anxious faces marked the reopening of schools in certain parts of Maharashtra last week. But as classroom lessons begin and children start mingling, how can schools stay safe from becoming Covid hotspots? Campus personnel will be required to wear face masks in the school premises and regular temperature checks will be conducted for students and staff,” …

How is the pandemic changing ways of teaching?
3 years, 5 months ago

How is the pandemic changing ways of teaching?

India TV News  

Before the pandemic, digital education was primarily used in situations where learning opportunities were curtailed by distance or other factors. Factors to reshape education Flexibility Accessibility Ability to democratise learning Create borderless global classrooms Bring infrastructural costs down. Digital education best suited during pandemic For now, digital education is plugging gaps in a world where in-person learning is fraught with …

India’s Covid generation: the children facing two years out of school
3 years, 5 months ago

India’s Covid generation: the children facing two years out of school

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Many of my children are …

Kerala govt to provide students without access to TV with pre-school kits
3 years, 5 months ago

Kerala govt to provide students without access to TV with pre-school kits

India Today  

The government of Kerala has decided to take a step towards making education more accessible by deciding to provide pre-school kits to students who don’t have access to television sets or the internet in the middle of the current Covid-19 pandemic situation. Kerala Minister for Health, Women and Child Development Veena George said that pre-school children devoid of TV or …

When students can’t study
3 years, 5 months ago

When students can’t study

Hindustan Times  

Nearly 78% of schools in India don’t have internet facilities, and more than 61% do not have computers, the latest Unified District Information System for Education data, released by the Centre for 2019-20 shows. Only one-third of students could pursue online education, and only 32.5% are doing live online classes, according to the Annual Status of Education Report released in …

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