<p id="thickbox_headline">As schools reopened post Covid-19 pandemic, involvement of parents in the studies of their children witnessed a sharp decline, mostly among students in higher grades.</p>.<div><div dir="ltr"><p>According to the Annual Status of Education Report (Rural) 2021, only 66.6% students from Class I to XII received help from family members in studies in 2021 as against 75% last year.</p><p>The decrease in learning support at home was sharpest in students of Class IX and above from 68.3% in 2020 to 56.7% this year – a difference of 11.6%. The survey covered students of both government ad private schools.</p><p>“Decreasing family involvement is driven by school reopening, with children who had returned to school receiving less help at home than those whose schools remained open,” the survey said.</p><p>While a higher number of fathers were closely involved with their children’s studies in higher classes, more mothers took keen interest in studies from Classes I and II.</p><p>For Classes I & II, 33% children received learning support at home from mothers, 29.2% students were helped by their fathers. As many as 18.5% students received no support at all.</p><p>The involvement of fathers increased in higher classes – 28% (Classes III-V), 26.6% (Classes VI-VIII) and 24% (Classes IX & above). The learning support from mothers in the above categories was 27.6%, 21.8% and 15% respectively. More than 25% students received no support at home in these categories.</p><p>“Help at home is also related to parents’ education level. While close to 80% children with parents in the ‘high’ education category received help at home, this proportion is under 50% for children whose parents have studied up to Class V or less,” the survey found.</p><p>In a heartening indicator, almost all enrolled children have text books for their current grades.</p><p>According to the report, the proportion of children not currently enrolled in school increased from 1.4% to 4.6% in 2020. This proportion remained unchanged between 2020 and 2021.</p><p><strong>Check out the latest DH videos:</strong></p></div></div>
<p id="thickbox_headline">As schools reopened post Covid-19 pandemic, involvement of parents in the studies of their children witnessed a sharp decline, mostly among students in higher grades.</p>.<div><div dir="ltr"><p>According to the Annual Status of Education Report (Rural) 2021, only 66.6% students from Class I to XII received help from family members in studies in 2021 as against 75% last year.</p><p>The decrease in learning support at home was sharpest in students of Class IX and above from 68.3% in 2020 to 56.7% this year – a difference of 11.6%. The survey covered students of both government ad private schools.</p><p>“Decreasing family involvement is driven by school reopening, with children who had returned to school receiving less help at home than those whose schools remained open,” the survey said.</p><p>While a higher number of fathers were closely involved with their children’s studies in higher classes, more mothers took keen interest in studies from Classes I and II.</p><p>For Classes I & II, 33% children received learning support at home from mothers, 29.2% students were helped by their fathers. As many as 18.5% students received no support at all.</p><p>The involvement of fathers increased in higher classes – 28% (Classes III-V), 26.6% (Classes VI-VIII) and 24% (Classes IX & above). The learning support from mothers in the above categories was 27.6%, 21.8% and 15% respectively. More than 25% students received no support at home in these categories.</p><p>“Help at home is also related to parents’ education level. While close to 80% children with parents in the ‘high’ education category received help at home, this proportion is under 50% for children whose parents have studied up to Class V or less,” the survey found.</p><p>In a heartening indicator, almost all enrolled children have text books for their current grades.</p><p>According to the report, the proportion of children not currently enrolled in school increased from 1.4% to 4.6% in 2020. This proportion remained unchanged between 2020 and 2021.</p><p><strong>Check out the latest DH videos:</strong></p></div></div>
