Widening Disparities in Educational Access during COVID-19: A Deepening Crisis

2020 ◽  
pp. 136-149
Author(s):  
Rikisha Bhaumik
Keyword(s):  
Online Education ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Educational Access ◽  
Government Schools ◽  
Online Mode ◽  
The Government ◽  
Online Schools ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
The Times

Online learning has taken center stage in the times of COVID and is being lauded as a feasible alternative for imparting education to learners. In many developing countries, the school education sector, which had rarely tried or tested the online mode, came at the forefront in rapidly adopting the online means for delivering instructions to learners. However, the question remains: Is all well with this swift adoption of online mode? Is educational access same as pre-COVID times or has it been impacted for worse? Educational access (through online schooling) largely depends on e-readiness of learners. Therefore, two fundamental points, viz. digital access and requisite digital skills among learners must be mooted before arriving at any conclusion vis-à-vis the quality and effectiveness of online schooling. It is feared that the already existing disparities in educational access will further exacerbate with the inability to access online schools. The chapter consists of a two-part study. First part, a cursory analysis of a) how school-closure affects a large learners’ segment, b) technology pre-requisites of online schooling, c) pre-existing status of digital infrastructure and digital access, and d) the governments initiatives to bridge the digital divide in India to provide a background for the study of e-readiness among learners during the pandemic. Second part, a comparative study for finding out the e-readiness among the learners in three types of schools, viz. Kendriya Vidyalayas (under Ministry of Education, Government of India), the government schools run by respective states governments, and private schools managed by private entities. The study uses a quantitative descriptive survey method on a sample of 250 students from two regions (NCT-Delhi and Bihar). A questionnaire comprising of 8 Likert-type items was administered. The findings were used to extrapolate the extent of disparity in terms of access to online education (impacting the overall educational access during COVID) between the learners of the three types of schools. The study indicates an urgent need for addressing the widening educational disparity due to an indefinitely prolonged pandemic.

scholarly journals KURIKULUM 2013 UNTUK TOTAL QUALITY EDUCATION DI INDONESIA

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilmi Fauzi
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Community Needs ◽  
Presidential Decree ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Times

The issue of improving the quality of education has always been the focusof the various stakeholders in education. One of the objectives is to prepare learning outcomes (LO) that have competitiveness with their competitors. In addition, also to prepare the LO has the power sanding so that it can be in harmony with the era that has entered this disruptive era. The paper is intended to see how the policy relevance of the government to address the problem. The author uses a management approach in reviewing existing data. This paper uses literature review and is reinforced with data from the field. The results of this paper are several facts - including the following alternative facts: the government through the Ministry of Education with the policy of Curriculum 2013 and Kemenristek Dikti through the Presidential Decree on the Indonesian National Qualification Framework (KKNI) began to make efforts to improve education. There is a paradigm shift, previously focused only on cognitive development, or already towards the affective and psychomotor spheres but still very minimal, and unstructured evaluation, is now more systematic to achieve not only the cognitive, but affective, psychomotor sphere by considering multiple intelligence. Based on these facts it can be concluded that there is a match between education and community needs, so that the crisis of moral decadence, the competence of hope can be overcome. On the same side, the 2013 curriculum is nothing but a government instrument to control the quality of education that is oriented towards quality assurance. Finally, the government -designed education is expected to encourage LOs capable of competence, competitiveness and sanding power that is in harmony with the times. Isu perbaikan mutu pendidikan selalu menjadi fokus dari pelbagaipemangku kepentingan dalam pendidikan. Salah satu tujuannya adalahuntuk penyiapan learning outcomes (LO) yang mempunyai daya saingdengan kompetitornya. Selain itu, juga untuk menyiapkan LO mempunyaidaya sanding sehingga dapat selaras dengan zaman yang sudahmemasuki era disruptif ini. Tulisan ditujukan untuk melihat bagaimanarelevansi kebijakan yang diambil pemerintah untuk mengatasipermasalahan tersebut. Penulis menggunakan pendekatan manajemendalam mengulas data yang ada. Tulisan ini menggunakan kajian pustakadan dikuatkan dengan data dari lapangan. Hasil dari tulisan ini adalahbeberapa fakta –termasuk di dalamnya fakta alternatif sebagai berikut:pemerintah melalui Kementerian Pendidikan dengan kebijakan Kurikulum2013 dan Kemenristek Dikti melalui Kepres tentang Kerangka KualifikasiNasional Indonesia (KKNI) mulai melakukan usaha perbaikan pendidikan.Ada pergeseran paradigma, yang sebelumnya hanya terfokus padapengembangan kognitif, atau sudah menuju ranah afektif dan  psikomotor namun masih sangat minim, dan evaluasi yang tidak terstruktur, saat ini lebih sistematis untuk mencapai tidak hanya ranah kognitif, namun afektif, psikomotor dengan mempertimbangkan multiple intelegence. Berdasarkan fakta tersebut dapat disimpulkan bahwasannya sudah ada kesesuaian antara pendidikan dengan kebutuhan masyarakat, sehingga krisis dekadensi moral, kompetensi harapannya dapat diatasi. Pada sisi yang sama ;kurikulum 2013 tidak lain sebagai instrumen pemerintah untuk mengkontrol mutu pendidikan yang beorientasi pada jaminan mutu. Terakhir, pendidikan yang didesain pemerintah diharapkan mampu mendorong LO yang mampu mempunyai kompetensi, daya saing dan daya sanding yang selaras dengan zamannya.

scholarly journals Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic on Mental Health of Higher Education Stakeholders

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1036-1074
Author(s):  
Priyanka Verma
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Education System ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Online Mode ◽  
The Government ◽  
Teachers And Parents

Abstract: During the time of covid-19 whole education system has shifted from offline mode to online mode which plays a vital role in the increasing stress, anxiety, depression and other mental problem among the students, teachers, and parents. Because they all are not familiar with the online education system. So in this scenario, we should know that how much they all are aware and capable to use different online tools and courses like swayam, Courera, edu, NPTEL, YouTube, etc with their economic condition, infrastructure, and mental health too. Are they able to continue their learning during this scenario? Due to lack of awareness they all are getting mentally disturbed. In this situation, they all need support from our government because for the present situation they were not prepared from earlier. A survey was conducted by us in Uttar Pradesh to analyze the effect of lockdown on students (age 15-35 years), teachers and parents (total 162 respondents) belongs from urban and rural areas through Google form during Sep – Oct month2020. So that most of the responses come from Uttar Pradesh and the city Lucknow. Through this survey we draw the different factors like not comfortable, privacy concerns, not aware, sleeping pattern, lazier, stressful, worried, eye problem, digital screens, burden of work, and disrespectful behavior which somewhere affect the mental health and behavior of the respondents. We have also taken response to rating online education system and examination at the likert scales 1(poor) — 5(excellent). This paper will help to know what the reasons behind the above mention factors are. We have find out the proportion of students, teachers, and parents who are facing different types of mental problems, and we are trying to show finding of the survey with the help of different graphs also. Keywords: Online higher education system, different factors affect mental health, the problem faces by the students, teachers, and parents, awareness about online courses, the suggestion for the government.

scholarly journals Students’ Perception of Online Learning During Covid-19: An Evidence from University of Muhammadiyah Banda Aceh, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 01-06
Author(s):  
Siti Safura
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Traditional Education ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
English Department ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Online Class ◽  
Impact Forces ◽  
Banda Aceh

The pandemic of Coronavirus has influenced all levels of education in the whole world. This impact forces the Ministry of Education to switch from traditional education to online education. As a result, educators must run this policy to teach the classroom and students must adapt to this situation. This research aimed to find out students’ perception of online learning during the Coronavirus pandemic. This research employed the qualitative design and used the survey method to distribute the questionnaires. The object of this research was twenty-seven students of the English Department, University of Muhammadiyah Aceh. The obtained data was analyzed through descriptive analysis to see how online class is perceived by students during the pandemic. The result of this research shows that the students share the positive perceptions toward online learning during the Coronavirus pandemic. The finding also displays the hesitation of students in deciding the problem faced in having the online class.

scholarly journals Dinamika Komunikasi Pendidikan pada Era Disrupsi

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
Rahmad Rahmad
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Education Data ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Rapid Changes ◽  
The World ◽  
Scientific Papers ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Times

Progress of the era, also known as the era of disruption, is largely human, one of which is education. This change certainly has an impact felt by humans as it is increasingly individualistic and increasingly busy responding to the times. Changes in the world of online education or whatever the government intends to do must certainly accommodate rapid changes in the world that is currently based on information technology. This article uses the type of library research that is a study carried out through data collection related to today's education, data collection or scientific papers that aim to conduct critical and in-depth studies by searching relevant library materials. The results of this study found that students need to be learners who are always hungry for information and become learners who understand and have a variety of approaches such as design thinking (a way of solving problems focused on people centered. Teachers must also have strong scientific competence and have soft skills in the form of critical thinking, creative, communicative, and able to collaborate. n addition it must also be able to spread inspiration for students, be able to be friends with students and of course must be an example.

scholarly journals THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ONLINE CLASSES DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC (Case Study : Students Of The Management Study Program Of Persada Bunda)

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 4045
Author(s):  
Kiki Joesyiana
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Online Classes ◽  
Study Program ◽  
Management Study ◽  
Online Class ◽  
Rule Set ◽  
The Government ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Data Connection

Online classes are the main means of lecturing process during the Covid-19 Pandemic. No exception for the management economics Department of Persada Bunda College Pekanbaru which utilizes online applications, such as Zoom, Whatsapp groups, Google classrooms, and other application media to carry out the online class process. This research was conducted to find out what the effectiveness of online classes were like for the Management Study Program students of the Persada Bunda Economic College Pekanbaru during the Covid-19 Pandemic. This research is a quantitative descriptive study that brought an online survey method via google form. The obtained test results were that the majority of students from the Management Study Program of the Persada Bunda Pekanbaru have carried out the online class process from home using a cellphone / smartphone by utilizing a fair internet data connection. The online class process shows a general picture that the students' understanding towards the material provided was less than optimal and the increasing number of assignments given to students had an impact on the class process which was less effective. Other results show that students are not ready to face the new rule set by the government, "the new normal life" if online classes continue. Another result also show that the effective lecturing system during the Covid-19 pandemic should be both online and offline that are carried out alternately while still paying attention to health protocols in order to prevent Covid-19 from spreading.

scholarly journals PERCEPTION OF STAKEHOLDERS ON SPECIAL EDUCATION UNIT (SEN) AND THE INCLUSIVE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN SCHOOLS WITH SEN IN AMPARA DISTRICT, SRI LANKA

2021 ◽  
pp. 85-101
Author(s):  
K.KETHEESWARAN
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Special Educational Needs ◽  
Government Schools ◽  
Educational Qualification ◽  
Data Tables ◽  
The Government

This study was conducted to investigate the perception of stakeholders about the SEU system and its way forward to support inclusive education in the schools which practice the SEU system. The methodology of the study was mixed design (both qualitative and quantitative) and the survey method was used to conduct the study. 27 principals, seven In-Service Advisors (ISA) of Special Education (SE), and 86 SE teachers were selected purposively. Also, 35 parents of children with Special Educational Needs (SENs) were randomly selected for this study. Questionnaires, interview schedules, and focus group discussion schedules were administrated to collect data. The descriptive analysis method was applied to analyze the data. Also, the SPSS-21 version was used to analyze the data. Tables, bar-charts, and pie charts were utilized to interpret the findings of the study. Findings: the educational qualification and appointment type of the SE teachers and educational qualification of principals support to improve the SEU system and improve the inclusive education practices in their schools. Similarly, the 10 years of experience of the SEU system can support inclusive education. The positive perception of the SE teachers, principals, and ISAs SE supports the improvement of the SEU and inclusive education systems. The practices of the SEU system and support given to the SEU system can improve inclusive education practices of the students with SEN in the government schools of the Ampara District. This study suggests the proper guidance for inclusive education practices of students with SEN needs to develop in the schools in the Ampara District.

Efektivitas Pembelajaran Daring dengan Menggunakan E-learning Madrasah Terhadap Optimalisasi Pemahaman Matematika Siswa

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-136
Author(s):  
Sutini Sutini ◽  
Mohammad Mushofan ◽  
Aizza Ilmia ◽  
Anisa Dwi Yanti ◽  
Annisa Nur Rizky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Learning Technology ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The Government ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive ◽  
Teachers And Parents

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the government was requiring to be able to implement a learning system by the applicable health protocol. Based on this, the government must change the learning system from face-to-face meetings to online learning. Technology that is rapidly growing can be advantaged to fully support the online learning process so that the Ministry of Religion Affairs makes an innovation, namely e-learning madrasah media for simplifying the online learning process for all madrasah in Indonesia. This study aims to make readers know the level of effectiveness of online learning using madrasah e-learning to optimize the student understanding of mathematics. This study used a survey method that was conducted online with a quantitative descriptive research type. The results are that online mathematics learning activities using e-learning madrasah are quite efficient, considering that there are still constraints on the ownership of students' equipment and inadequate internet networks, and students are not maximal in absorbing the material provided. However, the advantages we found were the full support provided by the school, teachers, and parents for ongoing learning. Also, learning mathematics using madrasah e-learning is efficient and flexible so that students can carry out learning well.

scholarly journals Antusiasme Masyarakat dalam Program Mengajar dari Rumah (MDR) di Era Pandemi di Desa Penedagandor, Lombok Timur

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-183
Author(s):  
Laily Fitriani Mulyani
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Teaching Program ◽  
Home Program ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

One of the impacts of Covid-19 is in the field of education. The impact of Covid-19 is very felt by some people in rural areas who experience signal difficulties in their areas, high (expensive) internet quota, unequal internet quota assistance for parents of guardians, unfamiliar parents with internet, parents It is difficult to teach their children because many guardians of students in rural areas have dropped out of school, so the government has to make quick and accurate policies. One of the policies implemented by the Ministry of Education and Culture is to support the Teaching from Home Program (TFH). This activity involved 35 students who took part in the teaching and learning process and parents who gave permission for their child's participation. This study used a survey method and data collection using a questionnaire  that has been distributed after the teaching and learning activities ended. The results of this questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive statistics using the SPSS computer program. Based on the results of the research that has been carried out, it is concluded that the activities of the Home Teaching Program have received positive responses and the community is very enthusiastic about this activity.

scholarly journals College of Education Graduate Tracer Study (GTS): Boon or Bane?

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (16) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teresita T. Rojas ◽  
Rey C. Rojas
Keyword(s):  
College Of Education ◽  
Academic Preparation ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Government Schools ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
The Public ◽  
Career Performance ◽  
The Government ◽  
Technological University ◽  
Descriptive Survey

This study traced the employment profile of Cebu Technological University, Main Campus-College of Education (CTU MC CoE) graduates, from 2005-2009. Mix methods of descriptive survey method and thematic analysis were used to trace their status of employment, with the use of questionnaire and personal interviews. Data were analyzed of simple percentages and chi-square for significance of relationship. Illuminating were extrapolated and numbered. It aimed to: ascertain the profile of graduates; determine a relationship between their present occupation and the course they finished; and identify the cooperating industries/institution that employed BEEd and BSEd graduates. The CTU MC CoE graduates were proven to proficient and competent to be employable in the government schools as revealed in the 7 illuminating themes, thus resulted in boon opportunities. High school teachers predominate on the track than the elementary teachers with a negligible difference. The CTU mandate, as cascaded in its vision-mission, prepared graduates for the field of work, with personality that matters compared than other predetermined factors. Academic preparation and career performance exhibited signification of successful teaching employment in the public school.

HUKUM DAN TEKLOGI SUATU KAJIAN TEORITIS TERHADAP PENOMENA LAYANAN TRANSFORTASI ONLINE

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Aria Dimas Harapan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Theoretical Study ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Creative Economy ◽  
Legal Certainty ◽  
The People ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Times

ABSTRACTThe essence of this study describes the theoretical study of the phenomenon transfortation services online. Advances in technology have changed the habits of the people to use online transfortation In fact despite legal protection in the service based services transfortation technological sophistication has not been formed and it became warm conversation among jurists. This study uses normative juridical research. This study found that the first, the Government must accommodate transfotation online phenomenon in the form of rules that provide legal certainty; second, transfortation online as part of the demands of the times based on technology; third, transfortation online as part of the creative economy for economic growth . 

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