80% students found remote learning burdensome, missed peers: survey -Jagriti Chandra

-The Hindu

Nearly 34 lakh students of 1.18 lakh schools in 720 districts participated

Nearly 80% students found learning at home during the pandemic "burdensome" and felt that they learnt better in school with help from peers, according to the government's survey of more than one lakh schools across the country.

The Ministry of Education on Wednesday released its National Achievement Survey (NAS) 2021 report, which assesses the health of the school education system in the country through a survey of children’s learning competencies at Classes 3, 5, 8 and 10. The survey is conducted every three years, and the last one was held in 2017.

Nearly 34 lakh students of 1.18 lakh schools in 720 districts from government, government-aided and private-unaided schools participated in the exercise.

The survey recorded perception of sampled students on remote learning during the pandemic and found that 78% students found it burdensome and one that had too many assignments for them. Nearly the same percentage of students (80%) also felt that learning was better in schools because of the help they received from their classmates. As many as 24% students said they had no digital device at home. Though 45% students found the experience "joyful", 38% also said that they had difficulties in learning.

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