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Frequency of use of government-provided distance learning tools by students amidst the COVID-19 lockdown in Mexico in 2020

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Release date

November 2020

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Region

Mexico

Survey time period

June 10 to 30, 2020

Number of respondents

193,749*

Special properties

includes students in pre-school, elementary, or lower secondary schools

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* The 193,749 respondents sample was divided as follows:
School principals: 15,035, of which 5,442 corresponded to pre-schools, 5,426 to elementary schools, and 4,167 to lower seconday schools.
Teachers: 71,419, of which 20,025 corresponded to pre-schools, 27,624 to elementary schools, and 23,770 to lower secondary schools.
Parents: 72,305, of which 19,711 corresponded to pre-schools, 31,535 to elementary schools, and 21,059 to lower secondary schools.
Students: 34,990, of which 10,299 corresponded to elementary schools, and 24,691 to lower secondary schools. Pre-school children did not participate on the survey. Their parents answered for them.

The program "Aprende en Casa" was created by the Mexican government as means to provide the largest amount of students possible with the resources for distance learning in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The program is constituted by television broadcasts created for each school level, and aired throughout the day. There is also an online platform, and radio podcasts.

Figures may add up to more than 100 percent due to rounding.

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One of the pillars of the Mexican government's strategy for distance learning in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic is the program "Aprende en Casa I". The project was created as means to provide the largest amount of students possible with the resources for distance learning during the lockdown. It constitutes television broadcasts created for each school level aired throughout the day, complemented by an online platform, and radio podcasts. According to an online survey carried out in the country in June 2020, "Aprende en Casa I" television programs were either regularly or always watched by close to ** percent of surveyed students, while nearly a third of them admitted to never watching, or not knowing them.