3 │ INVOLVEMENT OF PUPILS IN DISTANCE LEARNING Distance learning in basic and upper secondary schools in the Czech Republic 17 CHART 4 | Schools by proportion of pupils who do not participate in online synchronous learning due to family problems or low motivation There are significant differences among schools in terms of pupil involvement in synchronous learning, although most schools manage to involve almost all pupils. There are schools with only 70% or lower pupil participation in synchronous learning. Their distribution is well illustrated by the chart below (which only maps basic schools with 100 or more pupils). Schools with lower pupil participation in synchronous learning are mainly located in the Ústí nad Labem Region and then in the Moravian-Silesian Region, Liberec Region and South Bohemian Region and in the territory of the Capital City of Prague. CHART 5 | Distribution of schools according to the number of pupils and participation in synchronous learning based on observations Pupil participation in online synchronous learning in both cases ranges from almost no electronic communication to occasional involvement in online synchronous learning in some educational fields (in the text, the simplified term “subject” is used for simplification), i.e. the cause in most cases is not the complete absence of digital equipment and internet connection. For this reason, especially for pupils in upper secondary schools who do not participate in online synchronous learning, the school information system (e.g. Bakaláři, Edookit, etc.) is used to transmit assignments and materials for asynchronous learning. The situation is well illustrated by findings from upper secondary schools. We communicate with pupils through the school information system, by telephone or through the media used by the pupil. We assign the same tasks as for the pupils who participate in the lessons. Learning materials are usually made available to pupils before the actual lessons. Submitted assignments are evaluated in writing (corrections of submitted assignments) or as part of an individual consultation in agreement with the pupil. We have materials for pupils ready at school; everything is also stored in the Bakaláři system. 0 % 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 10 %20 %30 %40 %50 %60 %70 %80 %90 %100 %neúplné ZŠs úplné ZŠs gymnáziamaturitní SOŠnematuritní SOŠojedinělí žáci (okolo 5 %)v průměru jeden, dva ve třídě (okolo 10 %)v průměru tři, čtyři ve třídě (okolo 20 %)více než 20 % žáků školy0 %10 %20 %30 %40 %50 % 60 %% 70 % 80 % 90 %100 %1002003004005006007008009001000non-Maturita STSs Maturita STSs secondary general schools complete BSincomplete BS 0% rarely (approx. 5%) one or two in class on average (approx. 10%) three or four in class on average (approx. 20%) more than 20% of pupils 100% 90% 80%70%6050%40% 30% 20% 10% 0%