Reform Agency
Mexico City
Video games on the computer or on smartphones, movies or series and reading non-school related content are some of the distractions that parents have detected in distance classes.
According to Kaspersky, a cybersecurity firm, in Mexico 57 percent of parents affirm that their children are regularly distracted in their online classes.
Of that percentage, 51 percent detect that they are distracted by video games; 34 percent watch movies or series and 15 percent read non-academic books or articles.
Video games have captured the interest of children and they are also more likely to watch YouTube videos, said Judith Tapia, manager of consumer sales in Mexico for Kaspersky.
We have noticed children’s willingness to spend more time on YouTube. The subject of video games has grown a lot since it is available on cell phones. Computer video games have also had a great growth, he commented in an interview.
MOST WANT TO RETURN
Disadvantages parents see in online learning, Tapia mentioned, are that children spend too much time in front of a screen, a decrease in the quality of education and the difficulty of working remotely with minors who study at home.
Sixty percent of Mexican parents would like a hybrid back-to-school scheme and 23 percent do not want their children to continue in online education, the manager explained.
According to the Kaspersky survey, more than half of teachers say that the quality of retention that children have for educational materials has decreased.
67 percent of teachers feel more comfortable teaching classes in person, added the manager.
Meanwhile, 63 percent of the students surveyed want to take face-to-face classes.
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