In the middle of the school year, distance classes have been heavy for Sonia and Jessica, who have children in the preschool and primary grades.
Sonia explains that her son, who is in second grade, has not been able to return to his distance classes, due to the stress they cause him.
“On January 10, he had to return to his classes but he has lost interest and it is difficult for me to answer his sessions,” said the mother of the family.
He said that each week, his son’s teacher sends him material to work from Monday to Friday, but is delayed, due to the December vacation period.
In Jessica’s case, ultimately her little girl stopped taking counseling, as there was no organization with the educator.
“Here at home I give her some activities, but the most certain thing is that I will enroll her again until the next school year.
Both mothers accepted that it is difficult to develop the activities that their children took in face-to-face classes.
They consider that their children have had a setback in their school learning process, by not fully complying with the classroom activities.
“There are activities that are complicated and ultimately the lessons on television do not follow them, just a few minutes and lose their attention,” said the mother of the family.
MOTHERS ‘EFFORT RECOGNIZED
José Luis Romero Castañeda, representative of the National Union of Parents in Toluca, recognized the effort that mothers and fathers have made during the pandemic to prevent their children from dropping out of school.
“First, the work of the Parents must be highlighted, who have supported and promoted the teaching of their children from home, even in the face of the challenges that this disease has put many families to the test,” said the representative in a telephone interview for this daily.
He explained that after half a school year online, parents already have more knowledge of the topics of each block and school calendar.
“Now parents have more knowledge of the topics seen in the classroom and in this digital age they have grown a lot together with their children in the use of social networks and information technologies,” he added.
Although he pointed out that values should be reinforced in distance classes and in homes, to strengthen solidarity in the family, as well as in the community where they now live to accompany each other in difficult situations where there are cases of Covid-19.
According to data from the Ministry of Education of the state of Mexico, during the first three months of distance education, almost 11,000 students had dropped out of school.
While in the Federal subsystem of the National Council for Educational Development (Conafe), a delegation from the state of Mexico, its enrollment of students rose 18 percent, reported Berenice Olmos, head of said agency in the entity.
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