COVID-19 in Mexico: main distance learning activities 2020

There are a great variety of activities that can be introduced in the context of distance learning. According to an online survey carried out in Mexico in June 2020, the most common distance learning activity performed by parents and students during the COVID-19 lockdown was to individually solve educational tasks or homework assigned by teachers. Working with freely available books and with workbooks provided by schools were also undertaken by approximately half of students surveyed.

Distance learning activities carried out by students amidst the COVID-19 lockdown in Mexico in 2020

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Release date

November 2020

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Region

Mexico

Survey time period

June 10 to 30, 2020

Number of respondents

193,749*

Special properties

includes only students in pre-school, elementary, or lower secondary schools

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* The 193,749 respondents sample was divided as follows:
School principals: 15,035, of which 5,442 corresponded to pre-schools, 5,426 to elementary schools, and 4,167 to lower seconday schools.
Teachers: 71,419, of which 20,025 corresponded to pre-schools, 27,624 to elementary schools, and 23,770 to lower secondary schools.
Parents: 72,305, of which 19,711 corresponded to pre-schools, 31,535 to elementary schools, and 21,059 to lower secondary schools.
Students: 34,990, of which 10,299 corresponded to elementary schools, and 24,691 to lower secondary schools. Pre-school children did not participate on the survey. Their parents answered for them.

The program "Aprende en Casa" was created by the Mexican government as means to provide the largest amount of students possible with the resources for distance learning in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The program is constituted by television broadcasts created for each school level, and aired throughout the day. There is also an online platform, and radio podcasts.

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