The role of the household in home education

By now, most of us may have seen several social media posts and even news on the increasing number of errors found in the modules provided by the Department of Education. From instructing students to draw 896 stars to identifying an owl as an ostrich, the list of these errors seems to grow longer with each passing day.

We know for a fact that deciding to shift to online learning amid the coronavirus pandemic in anticipation of the new school year, which began on October 5 after a couple of delays, was a very quick one. A week later, we saw the consequences of such a hastily made decision and realized that teachers may not be able to do it alone, and that interventions from the students’ household are very much welcome and very much needed.