09.09.2020
Assessment of the schooling provision under quarantine
- According to a study by the Rating Group, 40% of respondents have a negative attitude toward the introduction of restrictive measures for organizing schooling in the new academic year. 30% view these measures positively, while 22% have a neutral attitude. There are relatively more respondents with a negative attitude toward restrictive measures among those who live with children under 17 years of age.
- At the same time, half of respondents consider the anti-quarantine rules for schools introduced by the authorities from September this year to be optimal. At the same time, a quarter consider them too strict, while 11% consider them, on the contrary, too lenient. There are relatively more respondents who consider the introduced measures to be strict among those who have preschool-aged children.
- 49% support mandatory mask wearing for students during school breaks, while 45% are against this initiative. The latter are most common among those who have preschool-aged and school-aged children.
- 72% believe that schooling this year should be conducted under the traditional system, with attendance at educational institutions. 19% support a mixed format combining traditional and distance learning, and only 5% support fully distance learning. There are relatively more supporters of innovative approaches to children’s education among respondents in the younger age group 18–29 and among city residents.
- 74% believe that the situation with the spring quarantine had a negative impact on children’s academic performance at school. 66% have similar expectations regarding schooling this year as well.
- 86% of those whose children studied at school during the quarantine this year stated that they had access to online learning. 14% did not. The main reasons that hindered online learning, according to respondents whose children did not study remotely, were lack of internet access at home at 33%, poor organization on the part of the educational institution at 15%, and lack of a computer, tablet, or mobile phone at 14%.
- 47% of respondents whose children studied online used Viber for classes, 28% used Zoom, 13% used Skype, and 11% used television lessons or Google Classroom.
- 61% stated that online classes with children were held regularly, 18% said they were both regular and irregular, and only 10% said that lessons were held mostly irregularly.
Methodology
- Audience: population of Ukraine aged 18 and older in all regions, except for the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea and Donbas. The sample is representative by age, gender, and type of settlement.
- Sample size: 2500 respondents.
- Method: face-to-face formalized interviews.
- Margin of error with a confidence level of 0.95 does not exceed 2.0%.
- Fieldwork dates: 1–5 September 2020.
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