Parent's View on Importance of Regular School during Covid-19 Pandemic

An attempt has been made to analyze the effect of COVID-19 on the feeling of parents of school students studying in higher secondary classes of district Amritsar. The work was accomplished with the help of google forms and data were collected from the parents (n=33) on the pros and cons of online teaching system especially undertaken during lock down and curfew period. These google forms were sent to the parents of high school students of Disciplined Disciple Senior Secondary School, Amritsar. A total of 14 statements were formed having each with 4 options i.e., strongly agree, agree, neutral and disagree and numerical values allotted were 4, 3, 2 and 1, respectively. Based on the answers, mean score was calculated and ranking was done. The findings revealed that regular school was an important means for teaching the value of discipline in students and considered must by most of the parents (63.3%), similarly it was opined that children study better when they attend the school (60.6%). It was revealed that students study better in the schools than the online teaching system however, their eating habits were found to be improved after quarantine period. The data further revealed that tuition and online teaching was not a substitute for regular schooling system. In this time of crisis, for the overall progress of school going students, an effective educational practice for the capacity-building of young minds is required. It will develop skills that will drive their emotional stability, productivity, health, and overall well-being.