World News18 Apr 2020

Most Japanese Students Happy to Join Online Classes

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Welcome to the World news. World news keeps you updated news around the nations.

Today's topic is "Most Japanese Students Happy to Join Online Classes"

More than half of Japanese university students feel good about taking classes online, according to a new survey from Nihon University in Tokyo.

Professor Tetsuya Usui from the university used social media to ask 1,572 university students how they felt about online classes, as schools around the world try to find ways to continue teaching during the coronavirus pandemic.

He found that 59% were happy to take part in online classes, reports Kyodo News, while 21% said they did not want to do so.

Usui also found that for online classes, almost 72% of students preferred video lessons to be available on demand, and only 15% said they would prefer live, interactive online classes. Just over 13% said they would like classes to be live but not interactive.

The Japanese government says that 66% of public universities and 36% of private universities are now offering online classes. Almost 80% of Japan's universities have also delayed the start of the year – which is usually in April – because of the virus.

Japanese universities aren't the only ones moving their teaching online. The Guardian reports that British universities Oxford and Cambridge will be doing their summer exams online. And in Singapore, the government has told schools to stop using video call app Zoom for online classes after hackers interrupted a geography lesson, reports the Associated Press.

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