Calcutta kids demotivated in online class: Teachers

Teachers of several schools have reported that students have become “more subdued” in class and the energy level is much less than before.

Months of being on the screen has made students “fatigued” and “demotivated”, psychiatrists and teachers said.

Even students who are academically strong have not been responding like they used to, teachers of senior classes said. The “mischievous” ones who would always be up to something in classrooms have become “quiet and subdued”, a teacher said.

“There are very few questions in classes now. It cannot be that all of them are following the lecture and have no doubts at all. Even when the devices are not on mute, there is hardly any conversation or noise.