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Three innovative responses to COVID-19 that have removed barriers to learning for the most marginalised
By Janet Lennox and Wongani Taulo Since COVID-19 burst onto the world stage, headlines have mounted about the millions of children suddenly out of school due to the closures during countries’ lockdowns. Lessons from earlier school closures, such as the … Continue reading
Posted in disability, Inclusion, Language, Learning, Marginalization, refugees
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COVID-19 poised to set aid to education back by six years
A new GEM Report policy paper released today shows that total aid to education reached its highest ever levels in 2018, the latest available year. However, it estimates that global aid is likely to decline by up to US$2 billion … Continue reading
Posted in Aid, Uncategorized
Tagged aid, aid effectiveness, aid to education, coronavirus, covid19, Finance, financing, humanitarian aid
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How the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting contract teachers in sub-Saharan Africa
By Peter Wallet, Teacher Task Force and Pierre Varly, Consultant The COVID-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented impact on education systems. At its height, 194 countries had implemented country-wide school closures, affecting 63 million primary and secondary teachers. Sub-Saharan Africa … Continue reading
Posted in Teachers, teaching, Uncategorized
Tagged coronavirus, covid19, sub-Saharan Africa, teacher, teaching
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Global Citizenship Education after the COVID-19 crisis?
By Marta Estellés, University of Cantabria, Spain and Gustavo E. Fischman, Arizona State University, USA During the COVID-19 crisis, educational responses have been mainly geared towards minimizing the problems derived from school closures and mantaining educational services. While it is … Continue reading
We need to talk about racism in schools
The fault lines are open and fractions are rising in the United States. Inequalities, which have always been there, are now fully exposed because of COVID-19, including its effect on marginalized communities. The death of George Floyd shined the spotlight … Continue reading
Knowledge is power: Handling the COVID-19 pandemic in schools in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
By Bushra Rahim, who is currently working for the Government of Pakistan. She is a Fulbright scholar, AusAid alumna, and a Charles Wallace Fellow. She serves as a President Association of Business, Professional & Agriculture Women; Executive Director Development Agent for Change … Continue reading
COVID: A complex crisis that has magnified existing vulnerabilities in Nepal
By Priyadarshani Joshi, GEM Report The current situation is one of a combined health, economic and political emergency In Nepal, a country where hundreds of thousands receive higher education abroad, the first two confirmed COVID cases were linked to higher … Continue reading
Posted in digital literacy, Finance, higher education, Marginalization, migrant, migration
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COVID-19 pandemic and indigenous and non-indigenous students in Mexico
By Enrique Valencia López Throughout the pandemic, indigenous communities have emphasised that remote learning strategies should not solely rely on online access to provide educational services. Otherwise, existing inequalities between indigenous and non-indigenous students may exacerbate as many indigenous households … Continue reading
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on prosocial skills
By Gabriel Bădescu, Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj, Romania, and GEM Report fellow All over the world, he Covid-19 pandemic has led to school closures. Poorer nations have tended to bring in stricter measures, relative to the severity of their outbreaks, … Continue reading
Posted in access, Developing countries, digital literacy, Literacy
Tagged coronavirus, covid19
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The world post-Covid-19 might be the world pre-Incheon – or even pre-Dakar
By Sheldon Shaeffer, Chair, Board of Directors, Asia=Pacific Regional Network on Early Childhood (ARNEC) Post-Covid-19, the world will not be the same for a very long time. Life may be so different that there might not even be a post-Covid-19 … Continue reading
Posted in access, Basic education, Early childhood care and education, Health, Inclusion, Quality of education, sdgs
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