The Majority Of Residents Feel That Online Learning Is Burdensome

JAKARTA - The majority of residents find it difficult to do online or online learning activities in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. They are more comfortable learning face-to-face.

These are the results of a survey conducted by Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) regarding online learning activities. This survey was conducted from 5 August to 8 August 2020 to 2,201 respondents, which was conducted by contacting respondents by telephone.

These respondents are people who have been surveyed in the previous period. The margin of error in this survey is 2.1 percent with a confidence level of 95 percent.

Of the 2,201 respondents, 5 percent of them were still students. Meanwhile, 87 percent of them carry out online learning and 13 percent do not study online.

Of the student respondents who carry out online learning, as many as 92 percent feel that many problems interfere with distance learning activities.

"The rest, there are 8 percent of respondents who feel that they are not disturbed by online learning activities or lectures," said SMRC Public Policy Manager Tati D. Wardi in a survey presentation through a webinar, Tuesday, August 18.

Then, Tati explained that there are 70 percent of the community out of 95 respondents who are not students but have family members with student or student status.

"As many as 34 percent have one family member who is still at school, 29 percent have 2 family members, 6 percent have 3 family members, and 1 percent have more than 3 family members," said Tati.

Of the 70 percent of respondents, there are about 67 percent of respondents who find it difficult to pay school fees or study online. Then, 26 percent said it was a little hard to finance, 6 percent said they did not feel heavy, and 1 percent did not answer.

"Residents admit that online learning costs are burdensome, such as providing monthly credit fees," he said.

Meanwhile, the remaining 29 percent admitted that they do not have family members who attend school, and the other 1 percent did not answer.