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Online teaching for primary education has been implemented for the first time in Northern Cyprus, like many other countries. Support of parents is very important when online teaching is implemented for low-age groups. This study aims to determine the level of participa-tion of the students in distance education, the difficulties they experi-ence in the process, the effectiveness of the process on their learning. The study also aims to develop solutions to the problems experienced by taking the level of benefiting from the distance education provid-ed to their children and the opinions of the parents of the primary school students in the Covid-19 process. Applying surveying method of qualitative analysis, a random sample of 100 parents is collected through semi-structured interview with nine open-ended questions. The results revealed that parents stated that the most effective educa-tion for primary school students is in-person education but online education should involve synchronized sessions, assignments, and assessment processes.

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