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.