A survey commissioned by Itaú Social, Fundação Lemann and the IDB, carried out by Datafolha, pointed out that 76% of children in the literacy period will need more attention, according to the assessment of the families themselves.
In addition, seven out of ten parents ask for tutoring in Portuguese and mathematics.
In an interview with CNN Radiothe manager of Research and Development at Itaú Social, Patricia Mota Guedes, said that the result with children and adolescents in public schools shows the “concern of families regarding the impact of the pandemic” in the last two years.
According to her, it was already observed that children with some type of face-to-face activity in the past year began to show signs of more motivation and ability to resume their studies. “This news shows the challenge in the hands of schools and the potential for partnership with families, which have come to value the role of teachers even more.”
“The data clearly shows how education inequalities have deepened in 2021 as well, not only in 2020, one in four children did not have any face-to-face activity in the past year,” he added.
Patricia also stated that the results point to the need for a diagnosis of learning: “There should be a careful assessment of each child, planning for reinforcement or recovery within the regular shift and also outside”.
She also recalled that in the same classroom it will be necessary to create activities “for different levels of children” and this will take more time “so that this giant gap can be reduced, due to the abyss that has been placed in the last two years.”
“The good news is that children and adolescents are resilient and the school has a fundamental role”, he pondered.
Source: CNN Brasil
