Regarding the recent admonition by WTC to "get back out there and get some Bible Studies!!!", they failed to acknowledge that most of the Bible Studies being conducted were with the children conducted bt=y their parents. The monthly report compiled by the Secretary does not differentiate between field Bible Studies and domestic Bible Studies.
Also, many so-called Bible Studies are doorstep variety. If asked, the householders would not validate that they were "studying" with JW's.
The question is, what can be done to get the publishers to resume "studying" with their children and householders in the field? Probably nothing. They stopped counting because they don't have to report time which is why they had the "Bible Studies" in the first place.
The decrease underscores that many JWs knew that the studies were yielding nothing. They were just numbers concocted for the sake of having hours to report for the purpose of getting the elders off their backs.
Guess what pioneers - you have to make up the difference in the future!! Get crackin'.