Bengaluru: Children not attending schools - Three years needed to recoup loss


Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, Jul 17: It has been about 18 months since the children stopped attending schools. Research says that many children who have not been attending classes, have forgotten how to write their names. As per an estimate made by the researchers, it takes about three years for the children to return to their previous knowledge level.

The students believe that the learning loss due to coronavirus is between 40 and 60 percent. Universities have estimated this loss to be 30 to 40 percent. The miseries heaped by coronavirus infection are being realised one by one. Many lost their lives due to this pandemic and more are losing. There are a lot of people whose dreams about the future have been hit hard. The problems faced by grownups are different from the ones which young students who have beautiful dreams about the future in their eyes face.

 
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As much as 85 percent of university students have confessed that they have suffered loss of learning. As per a study conducted by Ad Tech company's TeamLease, titled 'Covid19 learning loss in higher education', the learning loss is much more than what is perceived, and it may take three years to bring down the gap. Lack of digital equipment, tedious administration in government concerns, pre-existing lack of capability, longer lockdowns as compared to other countries, and weak online learning subjects etc have caused this loss.

TeamLease conducted research covering over 700 students from all over India and heads of 75 universities. Ad Tech's TeamLease said that Covid19 lockdown has adversely affected over a thousand universities and over 45,000 colleges. It is true that closure of institutions helped in stopping the spread of the disease. But it also forced universities and colleges to tread unknown paths, to suspend activities like research, and to undertake everything online.

It has recommended that to bring down the digital divide between the poor and people and communities living in backward areas with others, digital India speed has to be increased. It also says that financial assistance from government funding and banks should be extended to institutions of higher learning for improving digital infrastructure, training and transformation as a one-time Covid-related capital expenditure.  

  

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  • Ahmed, Bangalore

    Sun, Jul 18 2021

    They are worried of loss of education, yes its a concern, but most important is many are dying, commiting sucide, trying to sell their organs, miserably suffering due to lock downs and most importantly hike in petroleum products which has skyrocketed and made every commodity as well transportation prices to increase. Funny part is our electricity boards have increased the unit price in such tough of peoole, where electricity is considered as facility and when it comes under facilities then it should be reachable to all easily, not by over price. Neither Government has sense to help the distress businessmen, nor banks provide any leniency towards its customer.. Government has no sense at all, if they would have made compulsory to cut down prices. Why are people paying sucg huge taxes even in the form of GST, these money should come as a rescue to help its distressed citizens. Yes country has massive population to look after all distressed which can make the treasure of government empty, but don't we know how much wealth each politicians, government babus, and each of temple math's posses??? The wealth in the temple math itself is sufficient to take back India from poverty.. Do God need such wealth? No, Its the temple and Dargah management needs them... . God doesn't even care your wealth, your color, your status, all God values is your piousness/Takwa.

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  • Ben D'Souza Prabhu, Mangalore, Bombay Bandra now in Canada

    Sun, Jul 18 2021

    It is a sad state of affairs. I am confident, that the Education Institutions give a good thought to this problem and try to solve it early so that the Children and their res- pective families are not put to desperate situation; and this will do great damage to our Nation as a whole. Surely, there are people in higher position who can come to a good solution without causing damage to our learning people and students !

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  • Richo, Mangalore

    Sun, Jul 18 2021

    There is no need to open the school its not important now let them enjoy now. Let them take care of the health.

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  • Joel, Mangalore

    Sun, Jul 18 2021

    Only rich people's children arr enjoying, poor peoples are sending their childrens for hard labour or doing child marriages. School should be opened but after proper vaccination

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  • Roshan Braganza, mumbai

    Tue, Jul 20 2021

    corona gave idea of parallel education system , home schooling education , here parents can monitor their children and it's safe , plus school chronics cannot loot public , there must be special boards for this

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