The impact of Covid on children's education
According to Unicef, the impact of Covid on children's education is “considerable”: at least 24 million students will never return to school, the organization says. Closed schools, limited Internet access, confinement ... Beyond its health consequences, the coronavirus is far from having facilitated the education of young children around the world. According to a study published by Unicef on Wednesday, the finding is clear: around 463 million children were unable to benefit from education during the crisis because they could not do so virtually. While at the height of confinement, around 1.5 billion schoolchildren were affected by school closures, UNICEF calls "a global education emergency". The repercussions could be felt in economies and societies for decades to come. More than 90% of the student population worldwide was physically out of school during the lockdown. This crisis has therefore worsened an already considerable dropout situation in the world: before the c...
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