Ninety-four per cent of teachers say they always or usually send their pupils home with extra work. Only 6 per cent rarely or never assign homework. In academic circles, there is much debate about homework. Some argue that homework in primary school is of little value because it will have little impact on academic success later in life. Others contend that homework is designed to foster a sense of independent thinking and problem solving that is essential to social interactions and work life when children grow up.
Parents seem equally divided.
He doesn't need to be conjugating verbs every night until bedtime. Rajiv Vashisht disagree. Homework helps them learn discipline. It teaches them you have to work hard to succeed. But if a Grade 1 student has 90 minutes every night, that's not right.