As the Indian government greenlights the partial reopening of schools, Brainly, the world’s largest online learning platform, has conducted a survey to understand how EdTech will fit into student’s lives as the learning paradigm shifts yet again. Collecting 1,731 responses in total, Brainly’s survey maps several interesting insights. The key highlights from the survey include:
Most students are excited about schools reopening
The viral outbreak caused an overnight shift towards digital learning, bringing EdTech into sharper relief. A majority (82 per cent) of Brainly students in India are now excited to return to brick-and-mortar schools.
Speaking on the trend, Rajesh Bysani, CPO at Brainly Said: “Although Indian students have adapted well to the often stressful study from home paradigm, they are looking forward to going back to the physical classrooms. It seems evident that no tech can replace friendships and interactions with peers.”
61 per cent of the students also claimed that their parents are comfortable sending them to physical classes, further painting the development in a positive light.
Schools are taking proper safety precautions 79 per cent of the surveyed students feel that their schools are taking all the necessary precautionary measures as they return to school buildings.
More than half of the students (55 per cent) have mentioned that attending physical classes is mandatory according to their school. This, in turn, implies that several schools are still taking the online learning route as they continue to err on the side of caution while pandemic restrictions persist in several regions of the country. In fact, 82 per cent of students have mentioned that their schools still use online platforms for learning.
Students and schools continue relying on ed-tech
Now the students have not just adapted to online platforms but also thrived within this medium. It is no surprise that 77 per cent of students continue to seek assistance from online learning platforms such as Brainly even after their schools have reopened.
Furthermore, a majority of students (75 per cent) would want their schools to follow a hybrid model of learning for the foreseeable future. During the pandemic-induced lockdown, online platforms were the only option for students to continue learning from home. Now, even as schools reopen, it is clear that online learning is here to stay.
The survey notes that while a vast number of students wish to return to physical learning, an equally substantial group wishes to permanently adopt a hybrid manner of learning.
As a platform that encourages and enables online learning, these findings are aligned with Brainly’s belief that digital tools and traditional pedagogy will work hand-in-hand to make education more accessible and affordable.
Brainly is the world’s largest online learning platform, with a monthly audience of over 350 million students, parents, and teachers around the world, and over 55 million across India, in solving their academic problems.