COVID-19 in Mexico: homework support for students 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has made the task of providing children in Mexico with quality education more challenging than it already was before the outbreak. To make distance learning work, in addition to teachers, parents, and principals, other people have had to support students in this new educational format. According to an online survey carried out in the country in June 2020, although the majority of elementary and lower secondary students were supported by their parents or tutors while doing their homework, around one third of them were also, or instead, helped by a sibling. On average one third of lower secondary school students were supported by classmates and friends, while the same was true for less than five percent of elementary school students.

Main people that supported students with their homework amidst the COVID-19 lockdown in Mexico in 2020, by educational level

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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

34,990*

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.

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