The survey of 1,000 children aged between seven and 14 years and 1,000 parents, reveals that 43% of parents admit they find it either difficult or very difficult to extract information from their child about their day at school.
The report found that 82% of parents want schools to keep them better informed. Parents are not alone in facing this communication challenge:
almost half of children (44%) don't like sharing information with their parents they like to keep their school day private, and over a third (37%) of children say they find it quite or very difficult to speak to their parents about their education.
Tanya Byron, child psychologist, has been commissioned by Becta to explore the issue further and offer simple, practical solutions to help improve and enhance communications between parents, children and schools, using technology in addition to more traditional methods.
Becta's Next Generation Learning campaign is urging parents to talk to their child's school to find out how technology is already being used, and also discuss ways it can help improve day-to-day communications between them and the school in the future.
For more information on Next Generation Learning, visit http://www.nextgenerationlearning.
