March 22, 2021
Many students and parents felt
Firstly, in which students do not have any digital resources.A nationwide
lockdown was imposed on March 25.The minister informed that the guidelines and
models are suggested for three types of situations. Laptops were the second most
favoured option amongst teachers and principals.The prolonged closure of
educational institutions has mandated a shift from classroom teaching to online
learning. Around 10 per cent of the stakeholders mentioned art education as a
subject of concern," the survey said."The guidelines will help children, who do
not have digital resources to get learning opportunities at their homes, with
their teachers or volunteers. The maximum number of stakeholders have opted for
mobile phones as a medium for teaching-learning during the COVID-19 period," the
survey by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT)
said. Apart from this, it will also help in our efforts to overcome the learning
deficiencies of all those students who are learning at home through various
alternative ways using radio, television or smartphone," Union Minister of
Education, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said. Television and radio were the least
utilized devices for the teaching-learning in the pandemic situation.. Although
the e-text books are available on NCERT website and DIKSHA, the probable reasons
behind this feedback are that students are used to studying from the hardcopy of
the textbooks, there is lack of awareness regarding the availability of the
e-textbook and paucity of devices with students and teachers," it said."About
half of the students stated that they did not have the school textbooks. A few
stakeholders also found Social Science as a difficult subject to grasp through
online classes," the survey said.
It said that around 17 pc of students
identified languages as being a difficult subject to learn through online
medium. While several restrictions have Textile Printing
suppliers been eased, schools and colleges continue to be closed.The survey
noted that almost all of the responsive states use physical (non-digital)
mechanisms to track the progress of learners with majority of them either
practising home visit by teachers or systematic parental guidance via phone
calls.Based on the NCERT survey findings, the Ministry of Education has
formulated Students Learning Enhancement Guidelines. Arts education can help to
reduce stress and boredom. Secondly, in which students have limited digital
resources available."About 36 per cent of the students used the textbooks and
other books available with them.The survey with over 34,000 partcipants,
including students, parents, teachers and school principals from Kendriya
Vidyalayas, Navodyaya Vidyalas and CBSE affiliated schools, has pointed out that
lack of knowledge of using devices for effective educational purposes and
teachers not being well-versed with online teaching methodologies, caused
hindrance in the learning process."Since, mathematics contains a number of
concepts which require interaction, continuous support, monitoring from the
teacher and these aspects were lacking in the online mode of teaching.
Many
students and parents felt the need for Physical Education classes through online
mode, as physical fitness is the need of the hour to combat this pandemic.
Lastly, in which students have digital resources available for online
education," he said. The absence of enriched interaction between the teacher and
the students was one of the reasons as identified by the stakeholders," it
added.Universities and schools across the country have been closed since March
16, when the Centre announced a countrywide classroom shutdown as part of
measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.New Delhi: Atleast 27 per cent
students do not have access to smartphones or laptops to attend online classes,
while 28 per cent students and parents believe intermittent or lack of
electricity is one of the major concerns hindering teaching-learning, according
to a survey by the NCERT.The majority of the stakeholders pointed out that
mathematics as a subject was difficult to learn via online medium."Next to
Mathematics, Science was identified as the subject of concern since it contains
several concepts and practical experiments which could only be done in the
laboratory under the supervision of the teacher."Approximately 27 per cent of
the students mentioned the non-availability of smartphones and laptops
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