Parents and the difficulty of providing tablets and the Internet / Expensiveness took the breath away of families – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news
Mehr News Agency, Provinces Group – Azam Mohebbi: For several years, the country’s education system has been affected by the outbreak of the coronavirus and the way of education has changed accordingly.
Education in schools and universities is conducted in the context of cyberspace, and despite some comparative advantages in this education, the lack of basic infrastructure and of course the high cost of educational tools such as tablets, laptops and the like, has challenged this educational style.
The slow pace of the Internet in mountainous and rural areas has drawn criticism from students and their families, and even educators.
On the eve of the reopening of schools and the announcement of a combination to be Training (in-person and out-of-person), having equipment and supplies of these two training methods is mandatory and once again the concern of preparation Tablet And smartphones along with other educational necessities among families Created Is.
In a corporate situation where many businesses are closed, most families can not afford to buy this equipment and this is a concern. about Increase Number Follows children who have dropped out of school.
The low economic power of families in Golestan has made it difficult to access this equipment, as well as the occurrence of drought and the dependence of household income on Agriculture It has created difficult conditions for the citizens of Golestani.
However, some advocacy and education institutions are trying to use government resources and power خیران Provide part of the needs of families but many students with this equipment Educational access Do not have.
The quality of virtual education is low
A Golestan village woman, expressing her satisfaction with the presence of the classes, told the Mehr reporter: I have two children, so I have to provide them with two smartphones.
Elham Sadeghi stated: In addition to the concern of providing a smartphone, the cost of the Internet and its lack of coverage or poor in some areas, especially in rural areas, makes virtual education more difficult.
He added: “My son, who is studying in high school, could not take one of his exams last year due to the low speed of the Internet, and he was denied an unjustified absence.”
Sadeghi continued: Education in cyberspace is not as it should be, because some Files It is ready and sent by the teachers, and the children may have questions that they cannot answer.
“In-person education is necessary for students,” he said. more comfortable Is.
In addition to the concern of providing smartphones, there are concerns about the high cost of Internet shopping and its poor coverage in many areas of Golestan.
Pointing out that education in primary school is much more sensitive, Sadeghi added: “Currently, there are students who do not even know how to read and write and are not familiar with numbers, and this is one of the weaknesses of virtual education that needs to be addressed.”
He said: “Some families help their children in exams and without proper evaluation of these students, they go to a higher level.
Sadeghi said that if there is to be virtual education, face-to-face evaluation should be done.
In-person training is not expedient
Zeinab Kaviani is another Golestani parent, who opposes Attendance “Although classes in cyberspace can not replace classes, but a safe method,” he told Mehr. Safe And it is health-oriented and protects children from the risk of contracting coronary heart disease.
He added: “In a day when Corona is grieving many families every day, it is not at all expedient for students to attend class because attending Community It can easily accelerate the transmission of the disease.
Kaviani said: Building On statements Health officials likely to occur delivery There is a coronation in the coming days so we should not allow education to take root and in this regard virtual education from Strategies That can ensure the health of children.
Free internet and transfer of equipment such as Tablet And mobile to low-income families was one of the things he mentioned, saying: “In a situation where many businesses have closed and families’ incomes have decreased, continuing education for Of knowledge Students are not available, and officials must think hard to prevent children from dropping out of school.
A seller of mobile phones also told the Mehr reporter: Price Tablet And smart phones have increased compared to last year and many families can not afford to pay four million tomans for a phone.
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Identification of 3,500 missing families Tablet And phone
17,000 knowledge Learn Golestan was under the auspices of the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee, so we talked to the director general of this organization to find out about their needs. Issa Babaei told the Mehr reporter: “Fortunately, with Navid Attendance Going to school has reduced some of our concerns.
The director general of the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee in Golestan added: “Last year, according to the staff of this organization, more than 3,500 families without smartphones were identified, and in the rest of the families, there were people from the family who had smartphones that could meet the needs of students.” کردن.
“Last year, two thousand,” he said Tablet It was prepared and given to the families, and this year the concern was to meet part of the students’ needs by launching a scan in this direction.
Babaei continued: the price of each Tablet It was up to four million tomans, but education Attendance With To consider The minimums can be fixed with 500,000 Tomans, part of which is Account Students are deposited.
92% of Golestani students Register Have
Last year, only 80% of Golestani students in system Happy They were active and this year, until the registrations are completed, the exact number can not be determined In this case He expressed. In this regard, the Director General of Golestan Education told the Mehr reporter: “According to the announcement of the National Corona Headquarters, face-to-face education is held in classes with a population of 15 people. However, education is provided in most villages.” Attendance will have.
Ehsan Gohari Rad added: From Hengam students Register A new survey has been conducted to determine the educational atlas to what extent students are able to attend and how much they are not able to attend.
He stated that television education and distribution Textbook It is another helpful method, he said: From the middle of November, all schools will follow the health protocols. Attendance will be.
گوهری Rad Continued: New version system Happy Not yet unveiled Did not However, it has been stated that many of its problems have been fixed and it is possible for several users to work with one software.
“If the training is fully attended,” he said. system Happy Will continue to be active because of limitations in terms of Number Population and Number There are training days.
Director General of Education of Golestan, stating that 92% of Golestan students Register Added: Number The number of students who dropped out of school in the province was not high in Corona, and a part of this eight percent, which is mostly Intermediate Are, still Register They did not complete themselves and we hope to reach 95% this week.
گوهری Rad He added: Last year, 4,800 devices Tablet And smartphone through خیران And education and other institutions were prepared and made available to students.
On the eve of the reopening of schools, parents are still worried about their children’s education in both face-to-face and distance learning, some can not afford the equipment and some prefer face-to-face education, so in a situation where lifestyle changes Arising from Corona It is obvious that measures should be taken by the authorities so that educational justice is established and students study without worries and no one is deprived of education.
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