18% of learners do not participate in remote lessons – Study

The Moroccan High Commission for Planning (HCP) released a study demonstrating how Moroccan families have responded to remote study during the lockdown, reporting that 18% of students do not follow remote lessons, writes Taha Mebtoul for Morocco World News.

The research also sheds light on how Moroccan learners are responding to remote studies, including a comparison between urban and rural areas. Forty-eight percent of families with children enrolled in the primary school regularly follow remote lessons using the various digital platforms that the ministry of education created, while 51% follow lessons at the junior high school level, 69% at the high school level, and 56% at the level of higher education, the study found. In contrast, children in 18% of families do not follow the lessons at all, with a higher percentage regarding online studies in rural areas (29%) compared to urban areas (13%).

According to HCP, the inability to access education channels and platforms is the main reason these students do not follow remote lessons. This applies to 51% of the families with children in primary school, 48% of those with children in junior high school, 49% of families with children in high school, and 29% of those with children pursuing higher education. Other reported reasons include a lack of interest and a lack of help from parents or family members to access lessons.
Full report on the Morocco World News site