At least 22 per cent of primary and 30 per cent of secondary students remained at risk of learning loss for school closure following the Covid-19 pandemic, according to findings of a national survey. Since March till August 2021, there had been a ‘worrying upward trend’ in learning-loss risk among both primary and secondary schoolchildren across income groups and both in rural areas and urban slums, the survey reveals. The trend is most pronounced among secondary male students, some 26 per cent were at risk of learning loss in March, which jumped to 34 per cent in August, according to the survey report. Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) and BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) jointly conducted the research survey on ‘Education Life of Children: Trends in Learning Loss, Digital Inclusion, Mental Health and Child Labour’ in rural areas and urban slums.
At least 22 per cent of primary and 30 per cent of secondary students remained at risk of learning loss for school closure following the Covid-19 pandemic, according to findings of a national survey. Since March till August 2021, there had been a ‘worrying upward trend’ in learning-loss risk among both primary and secondary schoolchildren across income groups and both in rural areas and urban slums, the survey reveals. The trend is most pronounced among secondary male students, some 26 per cent were at risk of learning loss in March, which jumped to 34 per cent in August, according to the survey report. Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC) and BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) jointly conducted the research survey on ‘Education Life of Children: Trends in Learning Loss, Digital Inclusion, Mental Health and Child Labour’ in rural areas and urban slums.
