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.
“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.
Source: Times of India
