Express Investigation — Part 4 | After 5 weeks of catch-up, some progress, some problems unsolved | Education News,The Indian Express

After five weeks of intensive catch-up sessions, during which the teacher focused on bridging the Covid learning gaps, Class 5A of the Delhi government’s Veer Savarkar Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya presents a mixed picture.

(‘A Math Problem’ is an investigative series on the unprecedented education crisis caused by the pandemic-induced school closures. The Indian Express sat in through five weeks of mathematics lessons in a Delhi government school to track how a class recovers its Covid learning losses. You can read all four parts here.)

In mid-March, weeks before schools reopened to full capacity across the Capital on April 1 after two years of a pandemic-induced shutdown, the report card on the desk of Neha Sharma, math teacher of Class 5A of the Delhi government’s Veer Savarkar Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, was bleak: Of her 38 students, there were 16 who could not do subtraction and simple division – skills that are usually taught in Class 3 or earlier.

By the end of five weeks of her intensive catch-up session, there was some hope – all children except one could do two-digit subtraction and 18 children could do division with remainders. And a few setbacks: Harish, a child who hadn’t been able to identify single-digit sums, still couldn’t do so.

Between these two report cards lies a possible roadmap for the long and challenging journey of recovery for Class 5A. And key lessons for bridging the gap as children across the country returned to their classrooms after two years of a school shutdown that exacerbated already existing learning deficiencies.

As The Indian Express tracks Class 5A and Neha ma’am after five weeks of sitting through each of their 26 math classes, during which the teacher focused on bridging the gaps, the class presents a mixed picture.

https://indianexpress.com/article/education/a-math-problem-after-5-weeks-of-catch-up-some-progress-some-problems-unsolved-7956248/


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