Distance education

1. CHALLENGES FACED BY RURAL SCHOOLS IN
DISTANCE EDUCATION: A STUDY OF RURAL
SCHOOLS IN HALI ELA EDUCATION DIVISION IN
BADULLA
Created ,
H.A.N. Sandareka Hettiarachchi

2. INTRODUCTION
• COVID-19 pandemic may be considered as one of the world’s most serious
education crises to occur in the recent past (Gangahagedra et al., 2021,p.).
• Many countries used the Distance education system to mitigate this
impact on the education sector.
• Although this methodology is not new to the developed countries of the
world, it is a new experience for Sri Lanka (Usgoda Arachchi, 2020).
• Switching to Distance Education without any prior preparation is a big
challenge for rural schools.
• Here , Teachers, children and parents all are face different challenges. It is
important to find out such challenges and solutions for it.

3. OBJECTIVES
• Main objective the overall objective of this study is to
understand challenges faced by rural schools in distance
teaching and learning activities.
This study developed based on four- sub objectives which are;
• to understand the difficulties faced by students when participating
in distance classes.
• to examine challenges faced by parents to provide online facilities
to their children for better education.
• to explore the barriers school administration (principal and
teachers) encounter to provide distance education .
• Evaluate how divers of distance education affect distance education
in rural schools.

4. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Distance Education
Distance Learning and Teaching
Students Teachers
Parents
Difficulties, Barriers, Challenges
Drivers of Distance Education

5. METHODOLOGY
Methodology
Secondary Data
• Internet Source
• Report
• Research Articles
• Government Publication
• Book/ image
Primary Data
• Questionnaire survey(Grade
9,11 students)
• Interviews (Grade 5
students/Teachers/ Parents)
• Key Informant Interview
(Principals, GN, Education officers,
communication ,service providers)
Thematic
Analysis and
Excel was
used Data
Analysis
Methods of Data
Collection
Methods of Data
Analysis

6. Study Area

7. REASONS WHY DISTANCE EDUCATION IS A
CHALLENGE FOR RURAL SCHOOLS
(Source-Google)

8. REASONS WHY DISTANCE EDUCATION IS A
CHALLENGE FOR RURAL SCHOOLS
No
68% Daily
14%
Sometime
18%
Yes
32%
Students Who Participated
in Distance Education
13
25
0
10
20
30
yes no
Number
of
Students
Response
Peaceful Environment around the
House
0 20 40 60 80
Yes
No
Number of Students %
Response
Device have for distance education

9. REASONS WHY DISTANCE EDUCATION IS A
CHALLENGE FOR RURAL SCHOOLS
Lone
40%
No Lone
20%
No divice
40%
Obtaining Equipment for
Distance Education
>15000
27%
<15000
73%
Monthly Income (Rs.)

10. REASONS WHY DISTANCE EDUCATION IS A
CHALLENGE FOR RURAL SCHOOLS
0
20
40
60
80
Techer
s
Perent
s
Studen
ts
Attitudinal Response For
Technology
Never
Rarely
All times
Drivers Of
Distance
Education
• Coverage
• Data
• Equipment
• Technology
• Geographical
Challenges
The
success or
failure of
Distance
education.

11. WHY TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND THEIR PAREANTS ARE
NOT LIKE TO DISTANCE EDUCATION SYSTEM ?
STUDENTS PARENTS TEACHERS
Lack of device. Affect the Economy. Signal issues.
Signal issues. Less knowledge about
technology.
Children are difficult to
contact.
Lack of Technological
knowledge.
No time to attention
about children.
Lack of necessary equipment
and knowledge
Lack of money to get Data. Lack of necessary
equipment.
Difficult to impart practical
knowledge.
Influence of the external
environment.
Signal issues. Difficult to get feedback
from students.
Lack of proper education. Influence of the
external environment.
Lack of students
interested.

12. CONCLUSION
• Distance education is a big challenges for rural schools.
• Economic disadvantage, lack of technical knowledge, lack of
equipment, lack of parental interest, geographical challenges,
signal issues are the main ones.
0
20
40
60
80
100
Students
Techers
Parents
Idea about Distance Education
Good
Failer
Borth are good
• So distance
education
systems is failure
for rural schools.

13. REFERENCE
• Ganahagedra, R., Karunarathna, M., Atukorla, W., Subasinghe,
S. and Ekanayake, P. (2021). Emergency Teaching-Learning
Methods (ETLM) During Covid-19 : Lessons Learned From Sri
Lanka. Education science publishing.
• Usgoda Arachchi, E. (2020,May 23).”Is online education
practical”.Rawaya.https://ravaya.lk/onlin%E0%B6%85%E0%B
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