Indian parents most keen to help kids with schoolwork: Study
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Indian parents are among the world's most keen to spend time with their children on schoolwork and are also the most optimistic about education standards in the country, a new worldwide education study has revealed. The 'Global Parents Survey', commissioned by the UK-based Varkey Foundation compared attitudes and priorities of over 27,000 parents across 29 countries.
Parents
95% Indian parents help their children with education
The study found that 95% of Indian parents emerged as likely to help their children with their education. They also reported spending longer helping their children with schoolwork, with 62% spending seven or more hours a week. This contrasts with parents in the UK, who are much less likely to spend more than an hour per day helping with their children's schoolwork.
Quality
Indian parents on education standards in the country
Among other key findings, nearly three-quarters (72%) of Indian parents said that education standards have improved in the last 10 years in India, higher than any other country surveyed. Meanwhile, at least 87% of Indian parents rated the quality of teaching at their child's school as good, compared with a global average of 78%.
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Indian parents most optimistic about child's school
Indian parents also emerged as the most optimistic of all the countries surveyed about their child's school preparing them for the future, with 88% saying their child's school is preparing them well for the world. At a global level, the survey found that parents' confidence in the quality of teaching at their children's schools is high, with 78% rating it as good.
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Parents' faith in the teaching quality at their child's school
Varkey Foundation CEO Vikas Pota said, "Despite headlines of funding shortfalls and educational failure around the world, it's remarkable to see how much faith parents have in the quality of teaching at their child's school." "Our research also shows that parents, especially in emerging economies, are taking their role in education seriously by devoting many hours a week to help their child."