Bhuvneshwar: It was an embarrassing moment for him hand swan, an IT professional, when her four-year-old son’s class teacher complained during an online class that the boy regularly skipped his homework. the teacher asked shepherd To give personal attention to her studies and to meet her at school. “I never thought that my son’s ability to learn would be so low. This happened due to the pandemic as children are not attending offline classes. Online classes of only a few hours are enough for children. With both working, parents hardly get time to supervise their children’s studies and this leads to such problems,” Swain said. He said that the government should consider resuming offline classes for all in schools.
The growing learning gap among children due to prolonged closure of schools has become a major concern for parents and teachers. The ability of students to read and write, especially at the primary level, is significantly reduced.
“We can feel the decline in the learning ability of the students as their writing speed and learning skills of new subjects have been affected in the absence of direct contact with the teachers. Many of them were very good at studies before the pandemic hit,” said Mrinalini BanerjeeEnglish teacher of a private school here.
Teachers said that during online classes, students could hardly concentrate on the instructions of the tutor. Younger students are often busy with other things while classes are on. “Due to poor internet connectivity, teachers mostly ask students to turn off the video option and keep the audio on. As a result, they cannot learn the way they should,” said Himanshu Shekhar Pandawho teaches mathematics in a city school. “Many Class-10 students fail to solve simple multiplication and division problems. It will take a long time to bring these students back to their real standards,” he said.
With half-yearly exams being held in many schools ahead of the puja holidays, teachers are in a hurry to complete the syllabus. “Teachers should first clear the doubts of the students instead of focusing on completing the syllabus of the examination,” said Shilpa Mohanty, a parent.
The growing learning gap among children due to prolonged closure of schools has become a major concern for parents and teachers. The ability of students to read and write, especially at the primary level, is significantly reduced.
“We can feel the decline in the learning ability of the students as their writing speed and learning skills of new subjects have been affected in the absence of direct contact with the teachers. Many of them were very good at studies before the pandemic hit,” said Mrinalini BanerjeeEnglish teacher of a private school here.
Teachers said that during online classes, students could hardly concentrate on the instructions of the tutor. Younger students are often busy with other things while classes are on. “Due to poor internet connectivity, teachers mostly ask students to turn off the video option and keep the audio on. As a result, they cannot learn the way they should,” said Himanshu Shekhar Pandawho teaches mathematics in a city school. “Many Class-10 students fail to solve simple multiplication and division problems. It will take a long time to bring these students back to their real standards,” he said.
With half-yearly exams being held in many schools ahead of the puja holidays, teachers are in a hurry to complete the syllabus. “Teachers should first clear the doubts of the students instead of focusing on completing the syllabus of the examination,” said Shilpa Mohanty, a parent.
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