Table 5 Reported effect of COVID-19 disease control measures on education
From: Tracking the effects of COVID-19 in rural China over time
Effect | February | March | April |
|---|---|---|---|
School in session | 0/726 (0%) | 0/348 (0%) | 91/371 (25%) |
Mitigating efforts by school districts | |||
 Local teachers assigned homework for students daily | 500/726 (69%) | 302/348 (87%) | 337/371 (91%) |
 Local teachers corrected homework for students daily | 415/500 (83%) | 284/302 (94%) | 325/337 (96%) |
 Schools organized online courses | 513/726 (71%) | 304/348 (87%) | 329/371 (89%) |
Challenges for rural students learning online | |||
 Online courses were not taught by local teachers | 307/513 (60%) | 117/320 (37%) | 91/329 (28%) |
 Teacher could not see video of students during online courses | 413/513 (81%) | 240/304 (79%) | 210/329 (67%) |
 Devices students used to get online | |||
  Phones | 437/513 (85%) | 280/304 (92%) | 318/329 (97%) |
  Computers | 81/513 (16%) | 58/304 (19%) | 103/329 (31%) |
  Televisions | 212/513 (41%) | 131/304 (43%) | 130/329 (40%) |
 Internet connection were often not stable | 350/513 (68%) | 232/304 (76%) | 256/329 (78%) |
 Students needed to go outdoors to maintain connection | N/A | 92/304 (30%) | 52/325 (16%) |
Reported negative effect on education | 570/726 (79%) | 293/348 (84%) | 337/371 (91%) |