SCHOOL CLOSURES COULD IMPOVERISH WHOLE GENERATION
This generation of students now risks losing $17 trillion in lifetime earnings in present value, or about 14 per cent of today’s global GDP, as a result of COVID-19 pandemic-related…
REMOTE LEARNING – LESSONS FROM TODAY, PRINCIPLES FOR TOMORROW
Education systems around the world reacted to COVID-19 by closing schools and rolling out remote learning options for their students as an emergency response. New World Bank analysis of early evidence reveals…
BOLD PLAN TO ENSURE EVERY CHILD GETS A REGULAR SCHOOL MEAL BY 2030
United Nations agencies have announced their strong support for an international coalition aiming to rapidly improve the nutrition, health, and education of school-age children around the world following pandemic-driven school…
TERTIARY EDUCATION IS KEY TO REBUILDING COVID-HIT ECONOMIES
COVID-19 is devastating human capital around the world, affecting lives and livelihoods, and posing risks for long term growth and productivity enhancement. As the world seeks to build back better…
117 MILLION STUDENTS AROUND THE WORLD ARE STILL OUT OF SCHOOL
A year and a half since the COVID-19 pandemic caused unprecedented global school closures, many students have been able to resume in-class learning, but millions have yet to return to the…
SCHOOL CLOSURES LEADING TO WIDENING INEQUITIES IN SOUTH ASIA
School closures have led to alarming inequities in learning opportunities for children in South Asia, despite significant efforts by governments and partners to expand remote learning, according to UNICEF research conducted in India, the Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. School closures in South Asia due to the COVID-19 pandemic have interrupted the learning of 434…
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL ‘INDEFINITELY POSTPONED’ FOR MILLIONS OF CHILDREN
A child’s first day of school—a landmark moment for the youngest students and their parents around the world—has been delayed due to COVID-19 for an estimated 140 million young minds,…