Education in the Coronavirus Crisis: How Did Schoolchildren Spend Their Time When Schools Were Closed, and What Educational Measures Do the Germans Advocate?

The time schoolchildren spent on school activities was halved during the coronavirus lockdown, dropping from 7.4 to 3.6 hours a day. Just 38 percent of the students studied for a maximum of two hours a day, 74 percent for a maximum of four hours. At the same time, the amount of time devoted to activities such as television, computer games, and cell phones increased from 4.0 to 5.2 hours a day. This is the finding of a survey among more than 1,000 parents of schoolchildren on coronavirus-related school closures. In the second part of the survey, a representative sample shows that a large majority is in favor of compulsory online instruction when schools are closed .