45% students say coping in class difficult, reveals study
Representative Image. HYDERABAD: Despite attending online classes, about 45% students expressed difficulty in coping up with class in 2020-21 and 32.8% of respondents said they are not confident, revealed a survey conducted by National Independent Schools Alliance (NISA).
The survey ‘Learning loss in school education during the pandemic’, which was released recently by NISA and Telangana Recognised School Management Association (TRSMA), revealed that about 45.1% of the students expressed a desire for special classes to cover learning loss caused because of the pandemic.
Mathematics is one of the subjects posing a severe challenge to students across grades in all states, including Telangana. It was revealed that one in three students were struggling with the subject and fell in either the ‘below one-class level’ or ‘below two-class level’.
Except for the international schools, reading skills in English in Grade-3 were at an aggregate of 35% below one-class and two-class levels of the present class. In class 5 and class 8, it stood at 26% and 19% respectively.
The survey was conducted among 1,502 students from across 17 states, including Telangana.
The survey ‘Learning loss in school education during the pandemic’, which was released recently by NISA and Telangana Recognised School Management Association (TRSMA), revealed that about 45.1% of the students expressed a desire for special classes to cover learning loss caused because of the pandemic.
“The pandemic’s impact on students is quite evident as 42.3% of respondents reported that they went through stress, tension and anxiety,” said Shekhar Rao Y, president, TRSMA. “The responses are indicative of multiple challenges students have either gone through or are currently facing,” he added.
Mathematics is one of the subjects posing a severe challenge to students across grades in all states, including Telangana. It was revealed that one in three students were struggling with the subject and fell in either the ‘below one-class level’ or ‘below two-class level’.
Except for the international schools, reading skills in English in Grade-3 were at an aggregate of 35% below one-class and two-class levels of the present class. In class 5 and class 8, it stood at 26% and 19% respectively.
The survey was conducted among 1,502 students from across 17 states, including Telangana.
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