Adopting e-learning facilities during COVID-19: Exploring perspectives of teachers working in Indian Public-funded Elementary Schools
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Frequently Asked Questions (20)
Q2. What are the five themes the authors developed from their analysis?
The five themes the authors developed from their analysis are physical environmental constraints, socioenvironmental limitations, parental support, health and well-being hazards, and issues of effective learning.
Q3. What is the reason why girls drop out of school?
The existing gender norms and the culture of preferring sons over daughters is one of the many causes of the overburdening of girl students with household chores and compelling the latter to drop school (Singh & Mukherjee, 2018).
Q4. What is the importance of making them more inclusive?
Since virtual classrooms and digital platforms have emerged as effective methods of teaching during this global pandemic, it is important to make them more inclusive.
Q5. What are the main issues that were highlighted during the study?
Along with some prevalent problems such as poor connectivity, physical health issues and emotional disturbance, the lack of support from parents and worries related to adequate learning as well as the spread of COVID-19 were also highlighted.
Q6. What were the main barriers to online learning?
The participants identified three socio-environmental constraints, namely work–life balance and limited study space for both themselves and their students and syncing online time with siblings for their students.
Q7. What were the main reasons of low interest in online learning?
Many participants reported slow internet speeds or poor network connection in rural areas as one of the many reasons of low interest in online learning.
Q8. Why did the study examine the gender imbalance among rural students?
Due to job loss, increased economic recession and financial constraints, it would be no surprise if in near future the rate of school dropouts, especially girl dropouts, among rural students increases dramatically in order to lower the household expenses.
Q9. What was the frequent concern of the participants?
The most frequent concern reported was of “effects on eyes” and “headache.”Majority of participants attributed increased screen timings—due to online teaching—to their frequent headaches.
Q10. What were the main concerns of the teachers?
Most of the teachers were worried about low attendance and the quality of education that students received through online platforms.
Q11. What are the main barriers of online learning?
According to a survey by National Council of Educational Research and Training, 27% students of different central Government-aided schools have no access to smart phones and 28% students have to face the issue of frequent power cuts, making it the two most-faced barriers of online classes (Hindustan Times, 2020).
Q12. Why did the women of the study report a sharp rise in conflicts between work and family life?
because ofCOVID-19,work from home (WFH)has become a new norm and led to a sharp rise in conflicts between work- and family life of the working people, especially of the female employees (Craig, 2020).
Q13. How many students have no access to a mobile phone?
In another study, the percentage of students who did not have access to smart phones was estimated to be 56%, while 12.02% students were said to have no access to any type of mobileliving in rural and remote areas pose connectivity issues for them.
Q14. What is the main reason why the online education system is so bad?
the online education system may also lead to the issues of mental health, especially among those who do not have facilities for online learning (Sahu, 2020).
Q15. What is the problem of sharing space?
In majority of cases, as students’ siblings also have classes at the same time, the issue of sharing space extends to sharing the mobile or laptop.
Q16. What is the percentage of students who attend PF schools?
It has also been observed that out of 320 million students, 84% live in the rural areas and of these, 70% attend PF schools (UNESCO, 2020).
Q17. What is the percentage of elementary schools in India that are public-funded?
Although both PF and private schools cater the educational needs of the country, 80% elementary schools in India are public-funded (DISE, 2015).
Q18. What is the reason why the dropout rate in India is so high?
It is speculated that lockdown and the subsequent economic recession will adversely affect the dropout rate, especially among the poor (Alvi & Gupta, 2020).
Q19. What is the effect of parents’ educational level on the dropout rate?
Studies have suggested that parents’ educational level positively affects school achievement and negatively affects the dropout rate or poor attendance (Choudhary, 2006).
Q20. What is the main reason why students are not aware of the health consequences of using a laptop?
Working with a laptop requires an appropriate posture and safe distance from the screen; however, majority of users are not aware of various health issues their lack leads to (Wasnik & Jeyakumar, 2016).