3 │ INVOLVEMENT OF PUPILS IN DISTANCE LEARNING Distance learning in basic and upper secondary schools in the Czech Republic 20 teacher can be a significant help to pupils in coping with difficulties in distance learning, the increase in the proportion was the lowest. CHART 7 | Changes in the successful fulfilment of the role of class teacher during distance learning Over the past year, the most significant change could be seen in pupils involvement in distance learning, but the approach of schools to its organisation has also changed. The number of pupils who avoid distance learning is many times smaller than in the spring period and corresponds to the number of pupils whose education is more complicated even during standard in-class learning. The continuous findings show that most schools tried to find effective ways to support all pupils and involve in the educational process even those pupils who had various problems with their participation. Similarly, approach to the organisation of online distance learning has significantly improved, although examples from the opposite end of the spectrum can also be seen. Despite the recommendations from the beginning of the 2020/2021 school year for schools to prepare for online distance learning, the managements of some schools delayed its introduction during the autumn, believing that the pandemic situation would improve and that it would soon be possible to return to in-class learning and, therefore, it was not worth addressing the implementation of distance learning. These schools then did not accept or introduce distance learning, for example, until January 2021, when they found out that the pandemic situation was not developing well and that their original assumption would obviously not apply. For a small number of schools, the last impulse for the transition to online distance learning was that they might have been visited by the Czech School Inspectorate. Based on the sample of schools visited so far, it can be stated that there were about 2% of such schools in this sample. 0 % 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% 10 %20 %30 %40 %50 %60 %70 %80 %90 %100 %1. stupeň únor 211. stupeň jaro 202. stupeň únor 212. stupeň jaro 20SŠ únor 21SŠ jaro 20ve větším rozsahu nežpřed uzavřením školed schools were closed ve stejném rozsahu jako před uzavřením školv menším rozsahu nežpřed uzavřením školed legal representatives or pupils ne, z důvodu komplikované komunikacese zákonnými zástupci nebo žákyne, z jiných důvodů 0% USSs spring 2020 USSs Feb 2021 2nd stage spring 2020 2nd stage Feb 2021 1st stage spring 2020 1st stage Feb 2021 to a greater extent than before schools were closto the same extent as beforeto a lesser extent than before schools were closno, due to complicated communication with no, for other reasons