Education Continuity in COVID-19 Pandemic times: Impressions on Introducing Distance Learning in Basic Education in Uzbekistan

The specific objectives of the survey and poll are as follows:

• To understand the extent of education continuity among school children in Uzbekistan; and why some children did not engage in any learning during the school closures

• To gauge the outreach of remote / distance learning (DL) programmes in Uzbekistan;

• Parental views on DL programmes, its advantages and disadvantages; and support the parental support extended to children during the DL process;

• Students’ views on the DL programmes and its usefulness and pitfalls;

• Parental and students’ views on the support provided by teachers during the DL process; and

• Parental concerns about school re-opening and their views on continuation of DL programmes