Kolkata, March 24: As the Indian government plans to reopen schools with its new unlocking regulations, the majority of Brainly students f...
Kolkata, March
24: As the Indian government plans to reopen schools with its new unlocking
regulations, the majority of Brainly students from India (62.5%) said they were
comfortable with the new school unlocking norms, according to the latest
Brainly survey. The survey is based on a sample size of 3,397 respondents and
gives a glimpse into students’ perceptions vis-à-vis relevant issues before the
schools reopen this year.
21.1% of Indian
students claimed that they were not sure of their feelings about the new
guidelines. 16.4% of them were also apprehensive of the development. More than
half of the overall survey respondents (51.4%) felt safe while going back to
school in the New Normal. The remaining students were split as they either
considered it unsafe (25.5%) or hard to say (23.2%). Their opinion could be a
part and parcel of their parents’ perception about reopening schools. 55.4% of
the students said their parents were supportive of it while 26.3% of parents
were concerned about their child’s safety.
The survey
further revealed that most of the students were optimistic and could adapt to
the desired safety precautions. When asked if they will be able to adapt, 61.3%
of the respondents said ‘yes’ while only 17.7% went with ‘no’. 21% of students
deemed it was ‘hard to say’. Half of the students (52.1%) also claimed that
they find remote schooling challenging in the current situation. However, 57.4%
said that they would prefer a hybrid learning model with a mix of online and
offline education after their schools reopen.
Speaking on the
survey findings, Rajesh Bysani, CPO at Brainly, said, “We have
observed that a lot of Indian students have become active self-learners during
the lockdown as they kept looking for solutions to their problems across online
platforms. This increased access to learning resources has brought a shift in
their self-learning patterns while providing them more flexibility.”
He added,
“Going forth, the hybrid learning model will observe widespread adoption as
online platforms add tangible value to a child’s educational needs, especially
during after-school hours. The education will continue outside the classrooms
as the students will be able to follow up on the classroom sessions and learn
at their own pace.”
Brainly is the
world’s largest online learning platform. It has a community of more than 350
million students, parents, and teachers who drive collaborative learning. While
the platform has a total of 55 million+ users from India, a large portion of
its user base is also spread across the U.S., Russia, Indonesia, Brazil, and
Poland among others.
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