Italy: main issues of e-Learning in elementary school 2021

In an effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, Italian schools moved online for large parts of the school years 2019/2020 and 2020/2021. According to a recent survey, the main issue with online education according to parents of elementary school children was the reduction in social relations. Other problems mentioned by more than half of the respondents were a worsening emotional state of children, and less interactions between the pupils and the teachers. Similar worries were shared by parents of middle and high school children.

According to you, which are the main issues with online education?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Reduction in social relations	66%
Worsening emotional state	58%
Less student-teacher interactions	56%
Decrease in study motivation	49%
Decrease in teaching quality (due to teachers)	46%
Connectivity problems (Internet quality)	44%
Availability of adequate devices	39%
Less teacher-parent interactions	37%
Need for parents to stay home	35%
Troubles with remote working while children are at home	33%
Availability of adequate space at home	28%
More work for parents/tutors	24%
More expenses because of increased consumption	17%
More expenses because of more meals at home	8%
Babysitter expenses	6%

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March 2021

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Italy

Survey time period

March 2021

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parents of elementary school children

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The source does not provide information about the survey methodology.
Multiple answers were possible.
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Dal tuo punto di vista, quali sono le criticità della didattica a distanza? Seleziona tutte le risposte applicabili."

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