• COVID-19 in Mexico: distance learning exclusion factors 2020

Although a great variety of activities have been introduced in the context of distance learning since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico, some students have not been able to participate. According to a survey carried out in the country in June 2020, a lack of internet access was the main condition excluding students from distance learning activities, informed by nearly 85 percent of teachers surveyed. More than 70 percent of respondents mentioned students were excluded due to not having the electronic devices necessary, or the financial resources for keeping up with their studies while in the pandemic.

Conditions of students excluded from distance learning 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

71,419*

Special properties

as reported by teachers; includes teachers 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.